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MORRISON v. HABEEB

No. A-3604.

252 S.W.2d 148 (1952)

MORRISON v. HABEEB.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied November 19, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will Sears, City Atty., and Mayo J. Thompson, Asst. City Atty., Houston, for petitioner.

Henry Lamb and A. H. Krichamer, Houston, for respondent.

WILSON, Justice.

The parties will be identified as in the trial court. The plaintiff reported the theft of his car to the City of Houston police. They recovered the car, searched it, and found in the trunk a leather case containing 508 pair of dice. The city refused to return the case of dice along with the car on the ground that it constituted "gaming paraphernalia". Plaintiff brought this suit against the Chief of Police to recover possession of the leather case...

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