Farrar v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ETC.

BREWSTER, Justice.

This is a mandamus suit filed by petitioners, Gus Farra'r and Scott Gaines, for the benefit of themselves and others of their class similarly situated, to enforce certain rights which they assert they have by virtue of Senate Bill 438, Acts 51st Leg., Reg. Sess. 1949, ch. 454, p. 835, Art. 6228c, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St, in the Teachers Retirement and Employees Retirement Systems of Texas. A trial court judgment for petitioners was reversed and rendered by the Court of Civil Appeals, Chief Justice Archer dissenting. 236 S.W.2d 663.

At the general election in 1936, the people…