Hemphill County v. Adams

The court of civil appeals has held that Hemphill County’s cause of action for damages for conversion of county property, asserted in a suit against the sheriff and a former sheriff of the county and their bondsman, can be barred by a statute of limitation and is barred by the two-year statute. 406 S.W.2d 267. The primary holding is in conflict with our opinions in Brazos River Authority v. City of Graham, 163 Tex. 167, 354 S.W.2d 99 (1961) and City of Port Arthur v. Tillman, Tex.Civ.App., 398 S.W.2d 750 (1965) in which we held that by virtue of the provisions of Article 5517, Vernon’s Texas…