Board of Firemen's Relief & Retirement Fund Trustees of Harris County v. Stevens

WERLEIN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the trial court entered after an informal hearing by the court of the pleadings, and the unsworn oral statements of counsel of both appellant and appellee which do not appear in the record. Although appellee pleaded in the alternative that the court award him a disability retirement pension under the “Firemen’s Relief and Pension Laws of the State of Texas,” this is essentially a mandamus proceeding brought by appellee against said Board of Trustees praying that they be required forthwith to grant appellee a formal hearing before them to…