Legal Opinion

McKee v. City of Mt. Pleasant

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided August 25, 1959No. 7160PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

This is a temporary injunction case, the trial court’s judgment enjoining an alleged nuisance is affirmed.

Appellee, the City of Mt. Pleasant, Texas,- as plaintiff, instituted an injunction suit against appellant Dock McKee, as defendant, praying for orders temporarily restraining and permanently enjoining him from keeping chickens inside its corporate limits. The original petition asserted that Dock McKee kept in excess of 100 game chickens upon a lot of approximately 200 feet square located in the city. It is alleged by reason of the noise, filth and odor created by…

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2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  2. Transport Co. of Texas v. Robertson TransportsTexas Supreme Court · 1953
  3. Forwood v. City of TaylorTexas Supreme Court · 1948
  4. Storey v. Central Hide & Rendering Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1950
  5. King v. Columbian Carbon Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Rhodia, Inc. v. Harris CountyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1971
  2. Cone v. City of LubbockCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968
  3. Coleman v. BanksCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1961
  4. J. D. Abrams, Inc. v. SebastianCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978
  5. Employers Mutual Casualty Company v. LeeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1961

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