SPARTAN INDUSTRIES, INC. v. STATE

No. 3885.

379 S.W.2d 931 (1964)

SPARTAN INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied June 12, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay S. Fichtner, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Ted P. McMasters, City Atty's office, Dallas, James E. Barlow, Dist. Atty., Crawford B. Reeder, City Atty., San Antonio, for appellees.


GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

Spartan Industries, Inc., which operates department stores in Dallas, San Antonio, Austin and Fort Worth, sued said cities and certain officials, including the District Attorney and Sheriff of Dallas County, seeking to enjoin them from enforcing Article 286a P.C., one of the statutes sometimes known as the "Sunday Closing Laws". That statute provides that any person who, on both of the two consecutive...

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