City of Houston v. Shober

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree granting a temporary injunction ancillary to a declaratory judgment suit. The decree temporarily restrains the City of Houston from enforcing its penal ordinance No. 61-1444, and from interfering with the operation of Mrs. J. A. Shober’s business known as Anchor Baths, pending trial of the suit on its merits.

The order granting the temporary injunction contained commonplace recitals, such as the cause coming on for hearing, the presentment of pleas to the jurisdiction and special exceptions, hearing the argument of counsel, and the denial…