Country Club v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals, Third Supreme Judicial District. Suit by the State of Texas to enjoin the Country Club from selling intoxicating‘liquors, from selling liquors on Sunday and election days, etc. Decree granting an injunction only against selling intoxicating liquor on election days.
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Error to Court of Civil Appeals, Third Supreme Judicial District. Suit by the State of Texas to enjoin the Country Club from selling intoxicating‘liquors, from selling liquors on Sunday and election days, etc. Decree granting an injunction only against selling intoxicating liquor on election days. The State appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals, which affirmed the decree (173 S. W. 570) in so far as it granted the injunction and in so far as it refused the injunction against maintaining billiard and pool tables, and reversed in all other respects, and the defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtGreenwood, J.
The State of Texas, defendant in error, brought this suit to enjoin the Country Club, plaintiff in error, from dispensing intoxicating liquors to its members and others, and from using its assets for any other purpose than maintaining a golf club.
The case was tried on an agreed statement of facts, showing in substance that the club was incorporated in good faith, to. support and maintain a golf club, and other innocent sports in connection therewith; that the club owned a clubhouse and golf course, worth some $35,000, all of which were used exclusively by the members of the club and their…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Northside Railway Co. v. WorthingtonTexas Supreme Court · 1895
- State v. DukeTexas Supreme Court · 1911
- State v. DukeTexas Supreme Court · 1911
- State of Texas v. Austin ClubTexas Supreme Court · 1895
- Adams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Texas Co. v. DunlapTexas Commission of Appeals · 1931
- Cruzan v. WalkerTexas Supreme Court · 1930
- State v. San Antonio Public Service Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1934
- Freels v. WalkerTexas Commission of Appeals · 1931
- San Antonio Public Service Co. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1933
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