Inland Compress Co. v. Lee, Public Weigher

This action was brought by defendant in error in the district court of Bryan county against the plaintiffs in error to enjoin plaintiffs in error from weighing cotton for the public in said county. Reference to the parties here will be in the relation they occupied in the trial court, viz., defendant here as plaintiff and plaintiffs here as defendants. In his petition plaintiff alleged he was the duly elected, and acting public .weigher in Bryan county, and as such entitled to charge and receive the statutory fee for weighing articles as public weigher in said county, and that it was unlawful…