Cruz v. City of San Antonio

BARROW, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Robert B. Cruz, complains of a take-nothing summary judgment rendered in his appeal to the district court under Section 18 of Art. 1269m, Vernon’s Ann. Civ.St., from an order of appellee Firemen’s & Policemen’s Civil Service Commission of the City of San Antonio dismissing him from the police department, based on charges filed by appellee George W. Bichsel, Chief of Police. Two principal questions are presented: 1. Is the summary judgment rule (Rule 166-A, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure) applicable to such an appeal? 2. If so, was this take-nothing judgment…