Thompson v. Stauffer Chemical Co., Consolidated Chemical Industries Division

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court, holding a Justice Court judgment void, and enjoining the Justice of the Peace from issuing execution thereon.

The defendant herein, Justice of the Peace Thompson, Precinct 2, Harris County, Texas, accepted a criminal complaint that “Consolidated Chemical Industries, Inc., Division of Stauffer Chemical Company” (which we will hereafter refer to as the Corporation), permitted fumes and gases detrimental to health to escape its premises in violation of Article 695 of the Vernon’s Ann. Penal Code of Texas. (Such…