Texas Department of Public Safety v. Perlman

WILSON, Justice.

Appellee appealed to the County Court at Law from an order of the Texas Department of Public Safety, suspending his operator’s license by virtue of an affirmative finding that he is an habitual violator of the traffic laws. The finding was made under Sec. 22(b) of Art. 6687b, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.Stats.

Appellee had been convicted of five offenses of speeding within a period of approximately seven months between July 12, 1958 and February 20, 1959. The court submitted to the jury an issue inquiring whether appellee was an “habitual violator of the traffic laws,” defining the quoted…