Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Broussard
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 3, 1913No. 2759PublishedCited by 17 opinions
Appeal from, the District Court of Je£Eerson. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Davidson, who refused to discharge relator on the ground that the city ordinance was unconstitutional. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HABPEB, Judge.
The city council of the City of Beaumont passed the following ordinance:
“Article 991. It shall be unlawful hereafter for any person, corporation or association of persons to establish or maintain any slaughter house, bone boiler or soap making establishment, in the City of Beaumont, or any brick yards, livery stable, horse lots and stock pens, within a distance of 300 feet of any hotel or private residence in the City of Beaumont, without first obtaining a permit from the city council.”
Other provisions of the ordinance provided that the term “stock pen” as used in the ordinance…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Fischer v. St. LouisSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Sansom v. MercerTexas Supreme Court · 1887
- State ex rel. Galle v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
- Inhabitants of Quincy v. KennardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
- Zanone v. Mound CityIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Ex Parte SullivanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1915
- Xydias Amusement Co. v. City of HoustonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916
- City of San Antonio v. Robert Thompson & Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1929
- City of Houston v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1959
- Invader Oil & Refining Co. of Texas v. City of Fort WorthCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
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