Legal Opinion
County of El Paso v. Hill
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided April 27, 1988No. 08-87-00260-CVPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOODARD, Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment in the amount of $42,360.00, plus interest and attorney’s fees. We reverse and remand.
Appellee was a deputy sheriff from 1972 until 1985. He was injured in the course of his employment on September 14, 1984. Upon taking office on January 1, 1985, a newly elected sheriff declined to re-deputize him.
In a bench trial, the court found that the sheriff’s failure to re-deputize the Appellee did not automatically revoke the deputy’s commission. The court found that Article III, sec. 52e of the Texas Constitution required the Appellant to pay…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Benny B. Barrett, Cross-Appellant v. Carl Thomas, Sheriff, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Bettye Keener Stegmaier, Etc. v. Jerry Pete Trammell, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Tarrant County v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
- Samaniego v. Arguelles, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1987
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Frasier v. Yanes, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1999
- Kenneth Craig Brady v. Fort Bend County, R. George MolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- Arrington v. County of Dallas, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1990
- Tarrant County v. Van SickleCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2003
- El Paso County Sheriff's Deputies' Ass'n v. Samaniego, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1990
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