Warner v. City of Lufkin

KEITH, Justice.

This is an appeal brought under the Firemen’s and Policemen’s Civil Service Act, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 1269m (196S), as amended (Supp.1978-79), to set aside the decision of the Fire Chief and Civil Service Commission of the City of Lufkin (hereinafter “Commission”) which indefinitely suspended Alton W. Warner as a fireman in the Lufkin Fire Department. The district court below in a trial de novo held that the decision of the Commission was supported by substantial evidence.

Plaintiff Warner appeals on two points of error. In his first point he complains that the trial court…