State of Texas Acting by & Through the State Board of Morticians v. Cortez

This is a suit for an injunction brought in a district court of Bexar County, Texas, by petitioner against respondent. Petitioner alleged that the licenses of respondent, as an embalmer and as a funeral director, had been cancelled by the State Board of Morticians (hereafter called Board) after due hearing. It was further alleged that respondent had appealed from the cancellation orders of the Board to a district court of Bexar County, Texas, and was continuing to operate a funeral establishment and to act as a funeral director and as an embalmer despite the Board's order of cancellation. The…