Davis v. Wildenthal

On Appellee’s Motion For Rehearing.

PRICE, Chief Justice.

In his motion for a re-hearing ap-pellee insists that we were in error in holding that La Salle County was a necessary and indispensable party to this suit. He cites and relies heavily on Terrell v. Middleton, Tex.Civ.App., 187 S.W. 367, 369, Wr.ref. 108 Tex. 14, 191 S.W. 1138, with concurring opinion by Mr. Justice Hawkins. This authority unquestionably enunciates the rule that “when a state officer acts without legal authority, he is not acting for or in the interest of the state, and a suit against him is not a suit against the state.…