Ex Parte Smith

DAVIDSON, Judge.

In 1943, the City of Beaumont passed an ordinance relating to the operation of ambulances in the city, * by which it was made unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to drive or operate any ambulance on the streets of said city on an “emergency call” without first having called the police station and received from the “dispatcher” permission to answer the call.

Appellant was charged in the corporation court of said city with violating the ordinance, the accusation being that he did drive and operate an ambulance on an emergency call over the streets of said city without…