Country Club v. State of Texas
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. The State brought suit for injunction against the Country Club and appealed from a judgment denying, in the main, the relief sought. This being, reversed and rendered for appellant (173 S. W., 570) the Country Club obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Greenwood
The State of Texas, defendant in error, brought this suit to enjoin The Country Club, plaintiff in error, from dispensing intoxicating liquors to its members and others, and from using its assets for any other purpose than maintaining a golf club,
The case was tried on an agreed statement of facts, showing in substance that the Club was incorporated in good faith, to support and maintain a golf club, and other innocent sports in connection therewith; that the Club owned a clubhouse and golf course, worth some 35,000, all of which were used exclusively by the members of the Club and their…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Northside Railway Co. v. WorthingtonTexas Supreme Court · 1895
- State v. DukeTexas Supreme Court · 1911
- State of Texas v. Austin ClubTexas Supreme Court · 1895
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