Civil Service Com'n of City of Lufkin v. Crager

PARKER, Justice.

Carroll Crager sued the Civil Service Commission of the City of Lufkin seeking reinstatement as a member of that City’s police force. Both plaintiff and defendant ■filed motions for summary judgment. The parties will be designated as they were in the trial court. The District Court of Angelina County granted plaintiff’s and denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment.

The City of Lufkin adopted Art. 1269m, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St, the Civil Service Act for Firemen and Policemen. On September 25, 1963, plaintiff was discharged from the police department of the City of Lufkin. On…