Benton v. Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District

GUITTARD, Chief Justice.

Several teachers of the Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District filed this class action to restrain the district from deducting from their monthly pay, and from the pay of other teachers, amounts claimed by the district as overpayments for previous years. A temporary injunction was denied, and the teachers perfected this appeal. We granted temporary relief pending the appeal, and we now reverse the trial court’s order and grant the temporary injunction sought.

The facts are undisputed except in one particular, which we find to be immaterial. After the close of the…