Cash v. City of Houston

SAM D. JOHNSON, Justice.

The case arises under Article 1269m, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Civ.St., the Firemen’s and Policemen’s Civil Service statute.

Appellant, plaintiff below, was denied a promotion to the position of Assistant Fire Chief of the City of Houston Fire Department. Appellant attempted to appeal to the District Court from the decisions of the Firemen’s and Policemen’s Civil Service Commission upholding the Fire Chief’s rejections of appellant for such appointment. Appellant’s appeal was dismissed for want of jurisdiction by the trial court.

Appellant’s cause proceeded to trial, however, as…