Texas Department of Public Safety v. Hamilton

COLLINGS, Justice.

Samuel Brockman Hamilton brought suit in the County Court at Law No. 2 of Nueces County against the Texas Department of Public Safety under the provisions of Article 6687b, Section 31, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. The suit was in the nature of an appeal from an order of the Texas Department of Public Safety, which automatically suspended plaintiff’s Texas operator’s license. The court found that the Department of Public Safety did not have the authority to automatically suspend plaintiff’s operator’s license and rendered judgment setting aside such order. The Texas Department of…