Trent v. Kennedy

Appeal from an interlocutory order refusing a temporary injunction sought to restrain appellees from selling beer in the city of Brady. The suit was originally brought by the Attorney General in the name of the state. A plea in abatement questioning the authority of the Attorney General to maintain the suit on the ground that such suit could only be brought under section 21, of art. 2, c. 467, Gen.Laws 2d Call.Sess. 44th Leg., designated Texas Liquor Control Act (Vernon's Ann.P.C. art. 667 — 21 prior to 1937), was sustained, and an amended petition was filed naming appellant Trent as…