San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co. v. State

KEY, Associate Justice.

Except in one respect, this case is quite similar to Houston & T. C. Railroad Co. v. the State, 103 S. W,, 449, and 101 Texas, 333, decided by this Court and by the Supreme Court. It was there held that the water-closet statute enacted by the Twenty-ninth Legislature, in so far as it related to maintaining water closets and keeping them lighted at night-time, was not unconstitutional and could be enforced.

In this case the trial court instructed the jury to find for the State the sum of $2,600, because the undisputed evidence showed that the defendant had failed to light…