FAYSON v. BEARD

No. 2920.

134 F.Supp. 379 (1955)

B. T. FAYSON, Joseph P. Griffin, William Narcisse, Thomas Parker, Johnnie R. Wire, Earl White, Plaintiffs, v. Honorable Elmo BEARD, Mayor, City of Beaumont, Texas, Mrs. Willie J. Brockman, City Manager, City of Beaumont, The City of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, a Corporation, Reese Martin, Commissioner of Parks, City of Beaumont, Henry Homberg, Manager, Tyrrell Park, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

September 7, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theo R. Johns and Elmo R. Willard, III (of Johns & Willard), Beaumont, Tex., and U. Simpson Tate, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs.

George E. Murphy, City Atty., and John D. Rienstra (of King, Sharfstein & Rienstra), Beaumont, Tex., for defendants.


CECIL, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, Negro citizens and resident taxpayers of Beaumont, for themselves and others similarly situated, bring this suit against the defendants, claiming deprivation of their civil rights in violation of Section 1343(3), 28 U.S.C.A., for a declaratory judgment and injunction.

It is undisputed that the plaintiffs have been, upon numerous occasions, refused the right to use Central and Tyrrell Parks, both municipally owned and operated...

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