Ex Parte Rubin

MORRISON, Judge.

Relator, who is in the custody of the Sheriff of Tarrant County, challenges the validity of such restraint on the grounds that the statute (Article 1436-2, Vernon’s Ann.P.C.) under which he is charged is unconstitutional. The statute reads as follows :

“Any person, association of persons, corporate or other, who customarily engage in the business of obtaining motor vehicles for scrap disposal or resale of parts therefrom or any other form of salvage, shall immediately remove any unexpired license plates from such motor vehicle and place the same under lock and key. An inventory…