EX PARTE BRYANT

No. A-5514.

285 S.W.2d 719 (1956)

Ex parte Peggy Stephenson BRYANT.

Supreme Court of Texas.

January 4, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Stevens, Austin, for relator.

Thomas D. Blackwell, County Atty. of Travis County, Austin, for the State.


WILSON, Justice.

The sole question presented in this original habeas corpus proceeding is whether a county court has jurisdiction to enjoin the operation of a bawdy house as a nuisance under Art. 4666, V.A.C.S.

The State contends that under Art. 5, § 22, Texas Constitution, Vernon's Ann.St., the legislature controls the jurisdiction of county courts and that in Art. 4656, V.A. C.S., the legislature has provided that injunctions may be tried in either...

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