Johnson v. Texas Animal Health Commission

COULSON, Justice.

The appellant, Royce L. Johnson (hereafter Johnson), has appealed from an order entered on November 4, 1974, granting a mandatory injunction upon the motion of the appellee, the Texas Animal Health Commission (hereafter the Commission).

Johnson owns a herd of cattle in Chambers County, Texas. By proclamation dated April 14, 1966, John Connally, as Governor of the State of Texas, designated Chambers County a “Type II” brucellosis control area. Under the provisions of Vernon’s Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 7014f-l, § 23A(9) (1960), the Texas Animal Health Commission is required to…