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* ''Housing Authority of Dallas v. Higginbotham'', 143 S.W.2d 79, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/143_SW2_79.pdf#page=9 87] (Tex. 1940) ("Considering the broad policy and purpose of the Housing Authorities Law and taking into consideration the varying conditions throughout the state to which the law must apply, we conclude that the legislature has furnished a sufficient guide for the housing authority. Our decisions from our own jurisdiction . . . . Applying the principles announced in the cases cited, we are of the opinion that the housing law under attack is not violative of Section 1 of Article 2 of the Constitution of Texas. Moreover, like attacks have been made in other jurisdictions and in each instance overruled.") | * ''Housing Authority of Dallas v. Higginbotham'', 143 S.W.2d 79, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/143_SW2_79.pdf#page=9 87] (Tex. 1940) ("Considering the broad policy and purpose of the Housing Authorities Law and taking into consideration the varying conditions throughout the state to which the law must apply, we conclude that the legislature has furnished a sufficient guide for the housing authority. Our decisions from our own jurisdiction . . . . Applying the principles announced in the cases cited, we are of the opinion that the housing law under attack is not violative of Section 1 of Article 2 of the Constitution of Texas. Moreover, like attacks have been made in other jurisdictions and in each instance overruled.") | ||
* ''Brown v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.'', 83 S.W.2d 935, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/ | * ''Brown v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.'', 83 S.W.2d 935, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/083_SW2_935.pdf#page=6 940-41] (Tex. 1935) (citations omitted) ("Certain Acts were passed which specifically declare the public policy of this State with respect to the development and protection of oil and gas, and established primary standards relating to such policy, and placed the duty upon the Railroad Commission to carry out the details under the general provisions of the statutes. That this is a valid exercise of power is now definitely settled. In the absence of a well defined standard . . . . The power to pass laws rests with the Legislature, and that power cannot be delegated to some commission or other tribunal.") | ||
* ''Trimmier v. Carlton'', 296 S.W. 1070, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/Vol_296_SWR_1070.pdf#page=10 1079] (Tex. 1927) ("Article 2 of the state Constitution, originating with the Constitution of 1845, and continuing in substance the same language throughout the constitutional history of the state, provides that the powers of government shall be divided into three distinct departments . . . . It may therefore be said that the general principles of constitutional law, as declared by the various states of the Union, and by the Supreme Court of the United States, on the subject of delegation of legislative power, are applicable and may be examined in determining the meaning of our own constitutional provisions.") | * ''Trimmier v. Carlton'', 296 S.W. 1070, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/Vol_296_SWR_1070.pdf#page=10 1079] (Tex. 1927) ("Article 2 of the state Constitution, originating with the Constitution of 1845, and continuing in substance the same language throughout the constitutional history of the state, provides that the powers of government shall be divided into three distinct departments . . . . It may therefore be said that the general principles of constitutional law, as declared by the various states of the Union, and by the Supreme Court of the United States, on the subject of delegation of legislative power, are applicable and may be examined in determining the meaning of our own constitutional provisions.") | ||