Brown Cracker & Candy Co. v. City of Dallas
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, Fifth District, in an appeal from Dallas County. The company sued the city of Dallas and appealed from a judgment for defendant, obtaining writ of error on its affirmance.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brown
Henry Hatcher, for himself and other citizens of the city of Dallas, instituted this suit in the Fourteenth District Court in and for Dallas County against the city of Dallas and its mayor, S. J. Hay, and its commissioners, Harry L. Seay, D. F. Sullivan, William Doran. and C. B. Gillespie. It is alleged that all of the said plaintiffs own property contiguous to the district which is embraced in the description contained in the ordinance hereafter mentioned.
It is alleged in the said petition that the charter of the city of Dallas contains the following provision:
“To prohibit and punish keepers…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. ClarkeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
3Cited by42 opinions
- Spence v. FenchlerTexas Supreme Court · 1915
- Lyle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917
- City of Baytown v. AngelCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1971
- Ex Parte MitchellTexas Supreme Court · 1915
- City of Fort Worth v. McDonaldCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1956
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