Boyett v. City of College Station

PEDEN, Justice.

This is an appeal from the granting of a declaratory judgment by the District Court of Brazos County in a class action. After a non-jury trial the court held, among other things, that the employees of Texas A. & M. University are eligible to hold nonsalaried positions with the City of College Station, Texas and to receive their salaries from the University while doing so.

It is uncontroverted that on June 19, 1970, more than a month prior to the filing of this suit in Brazos County, a similar suit was filed in Travis County by A. P. Boyett, Sr., and others. In that suit the…