Means v. State

COMBS, Justice.

The state of Texas, as plaintiff, by Marvin Trevathan, county attorney, filed this suit in the district court of Angelina county, Tex., against Doc Means, as defendant, seeking to enjoin Means from operating as a loan broker or as a money lender in Angelina county until he pays the occupation tax provided by law for such business and until he files with the county judge of Angelina county the bond required of loan brokers, and also to restrain the said Doc Means from charging and collecting usurious interest. When the petition was presented to the district judge, he issued a…