Chenault v. Bexar County

OPINION

GERALD T. BISSETT, Assigned Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the 73rd District Court of Bexar County, Texas, which upheld the order of the Commissioners’ Court of Bexar County, Texas, hereinafter called the “Justice Abolition Order,” that abolished three Justice of the Peace positions in Bexar County, Texas. Bill Chenault and Betty Ann Esquivel filed separate suits whereby it was alleged that such Order was void because it violated art. XVI, § 65, of the Texas Constitution. The *402two cases were consolidated and were tried to the court. Judgment which denied the plaintiffs all…