San Antonio Retail Grocers, Inc. v. Lafferty

This is a direct appeal from a judgment of the District Court of the 73rd Judicial District, Bexar County. Appellant was plaintiff and appellee was defendant in the trial court.

Appellant sought a judgment restraining and enjoining appellee from further violations of Article 1111m, Vernon’s Texas Penal Code (Acts 1955, 54th Leg., p. 1622, ch. 524), known as the “Sales Limitation Act.” By way of defense to the suit appellee attacked the constitutionality of the Act on several grounds, one of which was that it applied only to grocery stores and thus established an arbitrary and unreasonable…