Shannon v. Tarrant County

SPEER, Justice.

This controversy grows out of an application to this court for a temporary restraining order by S. D. Shannon and wife, Marie Shannon, whom, for convenience, we shall refer to as appellants, against Tarrant County, Texas, Emmett Moore, as County Judge and Chairman of the Commissioners’ Court of Tarrant County, Texas, and Bill Merritt, Frank Estill, Earl Mitchell and Joe Thannisch, as County Commissioners of Tarrant County, Texas, and, for convenience, will be herein referred to as appellees.

The grounds upon which appellants sought the restraining order were alleged to be,…