Legal Opinion
Hawthorne v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 19, 1905PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of Johnson County. Tried below before Hon. Nelson Phillips.
1Opinion of the Court
EIDSOH, Associate Justice.
This is a suit in the name of the State of Texas, for the use and benefit of Johnson County, brought by the county attorney, to recover of R. J. Hawthorne and his surety, American Bonding Company, penalties aggregating $4,000, for alleged breaches of B. J. Hawthorne’s liquor dealer’s bond.
The alleged breaches consisted of appellant Hawthorne, at the various dates alleged, permitting games prohibited by the laws of the State to be played, dealt and exhibited in and about his place of business as a retail liquor dealer.
Appellants answered by plea in abatement, general…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Johnson v. RollsTexas Supreme Court · 1904
- People Ex Rel. Warfield v. Sutter Street Railway Co.California Supreme Court · 1900
- State v. SteenTexas Supreme Court · 1855
3Cited by5 opinions
- Cunningham v. CunninghamTexas Supreme Court · 1931
- Bailout Bonding Co. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1990
- City of San Antonio v. Alamo Nat. BankCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
- Eastland County v. ChapmanTexas Commission of Appeals · 1926
- City of San Antonio v. Alamo Nat. BankCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913