Ex Parte Parr
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
From Bexar County. Original habeas corpus proceedings asking release from arrest under a city ordinance requiring the payment of a license fee, etc. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Judge.
The city of San Antonio is incorporated under a special Act of the Legislature, subsequently amended under the provisions of the Act of the Thirty-third Legislature, page 307, known as the Enabling Act, touching the so-called home rule amendment to the Constitution, which Act is chapter 17, title 22, Vernon’s Sayles’ Civil Statutes. The charter contains numerous provisions giving broad powers touching police regulations, and in section 99 specific authority is given to “regulate, inspect and license all occupations when necessary or proper for the good order, public health,…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Davis v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Brown v. City of GalvestonTexas Supreme Court · 1903
- Fischer v. St. LouisSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Greene v. City of San AntonioCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
- In Re CardinalCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Taylor v. SmithSupreme Court of Virginia · 1924
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