Coleman v. Hallum
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Fifth. Supreme Judicial District. Suit by W. H. Coleman and others against Porter Hallum and others for an injunction restraining defendants from permitting their hogs to run at large. A judgment granting the injunction was reversed and judgment rendered for defendants by the Court of Civil Appeals (214 S. W. 989) and plaintiffs bring error. A. B. Watkins, of Athens, for plaintiffs in error. J. J. Faulk, of Athens, for defendants in error.
1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, J.
Plaintiffs sought and obtained an injunction restraining defendants from turning out their hogs and permitting them to run at large in two subdivisions of Henderson county, Tex. They alleged that, as a result of an election held in one of these subdivisions in 1889 and in the other in 1890, the law preventing hogs, goats, and sheep from running at large had been adopted in these subdivisions.
Defendants urged that the elections were void because the orders calling them were not to determine whether hogs goats, and sheep should be prohibited from running at large as prayed in the petition, but…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sumner v. CrawfordTexas Supreme Court · 1897
- Ewing v. DuncanTexas Supreme Court · 1891
- Chapman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897
- McElroy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1898
- Robertson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1902
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Gunn v. PhillipsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1966
- State v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1928
- Dauwe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1944
- Opinion No., Texas Attorney General Reports2003
- Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion, Texas Attorney General Reports2003
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