Davis v. Upshur County

WILLIAMS, Justice.

At a hearing upon an agreed statement of facts the trial court refused to grant a temporary injunction as prayed for by appellant, Mat Davis, the petitioner below, a taxpayer and resident citizen of Up-shur Count)', Texas.

In the agreed statement of facts it appears that one Hurley and four others were arrested March 11, 1945, without warrants for “crap shooting” and when brought before J. J. Stephens, a Justice of the Peace of Upshur County, each put up $14.50 as a cash bond in lieu of the statutory bond required by law. Complaints were later filed for gaming against the…