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Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 1907

Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co. v. State

Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co. v. State
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided April 6, 1907 · Speeb, Hon, Webster
101 S.W. 1043; 46 Tex. Civ. App. 44; 1907 Tex. App. LEXIS 11 (South Western Reporter)

Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co. v. State

Opinion of the Court

SPEEB, Associate Justice.

The statute upon which this suit is brought, commonly known as the water closet statute, having been held unconstitutional as violative of the Fourteenth Amendment, it becomes our duty to dismiss the action. The judgment of the District Court is therefore reversed and the action dismissed. Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. v. State, 100 Texas, 420.

Dismissed.

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