Wallace v. Ford

ATWELL, District Judge.

Complainants claim that they have an investment of $40,000. in furniture and fixtures, at a prominent point, called the Nite Spot, on Commerce street in the city of Dallas, where they have a permit to sell beer and wine. That their income in such business was about $250 per day prior to the beginning of a “sit-down” procedure by inspectors of the Texas Liquor Control Act, as amended, Vernon’s Ann.P.C. art. 666 — 1 et seq. That since such supervision began, their income is practically nothing, and that expenses largely exceed what they take in. They claim that the…