Roberts v. Gossett

MARTIN, Justice.

Relators filed in the district court of Wilbarger county a lengthy petition for an injunction against respondents, who were respectively the district attorney, the county attorney, the sheriff, and a constable of said county. It is alleged therein that rela-tors owned and had placed in operation; about sixty marble machines, and paid all taxes thereon under House Bill No. 223, Acts 44th Legislature, at its Regular Session (chapter 354 [Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 7047a — 1]) ; that such machines are not gambling devices, but a game of skill and so recognized by the Legislature…