# State v. Harrington

> Texas Supreme Court · October 12, 1966 · 10 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 31

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9678698

## Case

- **Full name:** The STATE of Texas, Petitioner, v. Harry M. HARRINGTON, Jr., Et Al., Respondents
- **Court:** Texas Supreme Court
- **Decided:** October 12, 1966
- **Citations:** 10 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 31; 407 S.W.2d 467; 25 Oil & Gas Rep. 582; 1966 Tex. LEXIS 362
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Griffin
- **Judges:** Smith, Griffin
- **Cited by:** 30 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- observing that a statutory penalty regarding violations of various rules “is a civil penalty statute enacted for the primary purpose of promoting and encouraging law enforcement and deterring violations of the rules”

## Opinion text

GRIFFIN, Justice
(dissenting).
It is my opinion that the Court of Civil Appeals has correctly decided this case and I agree with that opinion. 385 S.W.2d 411 .

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