City of Dallas v. Trammell

Mr. Judge German

delivered the opinion for the Court.

In this case the one dominant question is the constitutionality of what is known as H. B. 122, enacted by the 44th Legislature of the State of Texas, being Article 6243a of Vernon’s Texas Civil Statutes, in so far as it attempts to reduce the amount payable to defendant in error, C. W. Trammell, as a monthly pension. Defendant in error, on September 18, 1935, retired from the police department of the City of Dallas, after twenty years of continuous service. Prior to 1933, the City of Dallas adopted the provisions for the creation of the…