Cowell v. Andrewartha

This is an appeal from an order of the district court of Travis county, enjoining the board of control of the state of Texas from establishing and operating a hospital for senile dementia patients on what is known as the Old Blind Institute property, situated at the intersection of Nineteenth street and East avenue, in the city of Austin, Travis county, Tex. The injunction was granted to those residing in the immediate vicinity upon a finding of a jury that such operation would constitute a nuisance.

While this appeal was pending, the Thirty-Ninth Legislature in regular session took cognizance…