Legal Opinion
Watts v. Mann
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 18, 1945No. 9492PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McClendon, chief justice.
Appeal by Walter Watts and 29 others (plaintiffs below) from a judgment: (1) declaring “valid and constitutional” Chapter 144, Acts 48th Legislature, 1943, Regular Session,- Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 4646b (popularly known as the Loan Shark Act); and (2) denying the equitable relief (injunction against enforcing the Act) sought by plaintiffs against defendants (the State of Texas, the Attorney General, and various district and county attorneys); and (3) perpetually enjoining and restraining each of the plaintiffs and their respective officers, agents, servants and…
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