State Ex Rel. State Board of Morticians v. Cortez

POPE, Justice.

State Board of Morticians appealed from an order which denied its prayer for a temporary injunction. The injunction was sought on the grounds that Frank G. Cortez was operating without the licenses required by the laws of Texas. The point in the case resolves itself into an issue whether, at the time of the injunction hearing, Cortez did or did not have the required licenses. That point turns upon the effect of an appeal from an order of the Board revoking the licenses. Art. 4582b. Vernon’s Tex.Civ.Stats.

During January, 1957, the State Board of Morticians, after a hearing,…