Hurt v. Cooper

Mr. Judge Hickman,

of the Commission of Appeals, delivered the opinion for the Court.

This consolidated cause is before us on certificate from the Honorable Court of Civil Appeals, Fifth Supreme Judicial District, at Dallas. That court after drafting its tentative opinion, prepared by Justice Looney, deemed it advisable in view of the importance of the questions involved and the necessity for an early adjudication and final disposition of the cause, to certify certain questions to this Court. All questions certified relate to the constitutionality of our so-called chain store tax statute.

The…