County of Maverick v. Ruiz

OPINION

CHAPA, Chief Justice.

Appellants, Maverick County, the county judge, and certain Maverick county commissioners, appeal a summary judgment granted in favor of appellees, County Commissioners Roberto Ruiz and Guillermo Mancha. The cause of action arose when a majority of the Maverick County Commissioners Court withheld the salaries of the appellees, contending that the Texas Constitution prohibited appel-lees from receiving their salaries as county commissioners as long as they received state pay as school teachers. Motions for summary judgment were filed by both sides, and the trial…