Opinion

City of San Antonio v. Brown

  • 50 S.W.2d 344
  • 1932 Tex. App. LEXIS 492
Court
Court of Appeals of Texas
Filed
May 18, 1932
Status
Published
Author
Smith
On the bench
Smith
Cited by
1 cases
Authority
More cited than 65.7%

The opinion

SMITH, J.

It appears that the question presented in the appeal is moot.

Ordinarily, in such case it would be sufficient to dismiss the appeal. To do so in this case, however, would leave the judgment appealed from intact, so that it could be pleaded in future as res adjudicata of the right, authority, and power of the city of San Antonio to legislate by ordinance relative to the use and occupation of public places such as that here involved, to the prejudice of one or both parties.

In such cases the better practice seems to be to dismiss the cause from the court below as well as this court. McWhorter v. Northcut, 94 Tex. 86 , 58 S. W. 720 ; Anderson .v. City of San Antonio (Tex. Civ. App.) 26 S.W. (2d) 353 .

Accordingly, the cause will be dismissed, the costs of appeal to be taxed equally against plaintiffs in errorr and defendants in error.

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