Legal Opinion
Douthit v. Ector County
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided September 30, 1987No. 08-87-00106-CVPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOODARD, Justice.
Plaintiff appeals from a take nothing judgment stemming from a trial before the court. We reverse and render.
Plaintiff was elected and had served as constable of Precinct Number Three in Ector County from January 1, 1977, through December 31, 1980. In 1975, the Ector County Commissioner’s Court had set $1.00 per annum as salary for each and all constables within the county. Plaintiff made no request for a higher salary during his tenure. Approximately ten months after his term of office had expired, he submitted a claim for $80,500.00 to commissioner’s court, which was…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Vondy v. Commissioners Court of Uvalde CountyTexas Supreme Court · 1981
- Morrison v. City of Fort WorthTexas Supreme Court · 1941
- City of Wichita Falls v. CoxCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1957
- Bomer v. Ector County Commissioners Court, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1984
- Broom v. Tyler County Commissioners CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Ware v. Miller, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2002
- Matter of El Paso County Courthouse, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1989
- Hill v. Ector CountyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992
- City of Houston, Texas v. Roger Bates, Michael L. Spratt and Douglas Springer, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2011
- Arthur Ware, Individually and as Potter County Judge v. Terry Miller, Potter County Constable, Precinct 2, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2002
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