Legal Opinion
City of Houston v. Dancer
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 10, 1964No. 7527Published
1Opinion of the Court
377 S.W.2d 858 (1964)
CITY OF HOUSTON, Appellant,
v.
Farrie DANCER, Appellee.
No. 7527.
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.
March 10, 1964.
Rehearing Denied April 14, 1964.
R. H. Burks, City Atty., G. Gordon Whitman, Senior Asst. City Atty., Houston, for appellant.
Bill Cannon, Paul D. Filer, Jr., Tynes & Turk, Houston, for appellee.
CHADICK, Chief Justice.
The injured plaintiff had been convicted in a city court of violating a City of Houston penal ordinance and fined twenty dollars, and upon failure to pay was taken into custody by appropriate authority and held as a prisoner at the City penal…
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- Schooler v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1943
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