Legal Opinion

City of San Antonio v. Baird

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 18, 1948No. 11800PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NORVELL, Justice.

The City of San Antonio brought this suit for a declaratory judgment construing Senate Bill No. 36, passed by the 50th Legislature amending Article 1583, Vernon’s Ann. Penal Code. The City named as defendants two members of the San Antonio Fire Department (Cletus H. Baird and R. A. Bartlett) and two members of the Police Department (D. L. Bradshaw and E. H. Braun). These four defendants had each served for a period of twenty-five years or more in their respective departments. The petition also included as defendants all persons similarly situated.

Article 1583 — 2, Section 1,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Byrd v. City of DallasTexas Supreme Court · 1928
  2. McGuire v. City of DallasTexas Commission of Appeals · 1943
  3. McGuire v. City of DallasTexas Supreme Court · 1943
  4. Dry v. DavidsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. City of Wichita Falls v. CoxCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1957
  2. Providence Teachers Union, Local 958 v. School CommitteeSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1971
  3. Austin Fire & Police Departments v. City of AustinTexas Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Hill v. City of BillingsMontana Supreme Court · 1958
  5. Nichols v. Houston Police Officers' Pension BoardCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1960

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