City of Beaumont v. Bond

KEITH, Justice.

Appellee below instituted this declaratory judgment as a class action against the City of Beaumont and the Mayor and the individual members of the City Council of the City of Beaumont to declare a portion of a city ordinance invalid. The cause was submitted to the trial judge upon stipulated facts and judgment was entered declaring one section of the challenged ordinance to be invalid. Notwithstanding the fact that this was a class action with only twenty-seven persons and one named plaintiff, the judgment continued with another decretal paragraph reading:

“ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND…