Court Opinion

ID: 9671999
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 03:46:56.601443+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:13.674672
License: Public Domain

CADENA, Chief Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the result, since the challenged order is one sustaining special exceptions to the pleading of the State of Texas. I find nothing in such pleadings which support the trial court’s conclusion that the Texas statute is unconstitutional. Any determination of the validity or invalidity of the Texas statute necessarily rests on the facts of the case. I would make no sweeping declarations concerning the validity of the statute in the absence of evidence establishing the effect of the challenged transaction as applied to the facts of this case. It is not the office of a special exception to obtain a ruling based on facts not established by the challenged pleading. The Texas statute is not unconstitutional on its face, and the pleaded facts are insufficient to support a finding of unconstitutionality.
CANTU, J., joins.