City of Houston v. Adams

WALTER, Justice.

W. S. Adams, R. B. Bergman and O. C. Mayfield, on behalf of themselves and all persons within the City of Houston similarly situated as a class, filed suit against the City of Houston, its City Attorney, Health *502Department and the Judge of the Corpora-' tion Court for a permanent injunction enjoining them from enforcing a Penal Ordinance making it unlawful to keep chickens in the city under certain conditions.

The court granted a temporary injunction which was affirmed in City of Houston et al. v. Adams et al., Tex.Civ.App., 326 S.W.2d 627 (Writ Ref.N.R.E.), wherein the court…