Legal Opinion

City of Orange v. Chance

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 25, 1959No. 6285PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McNEILL, Justice.

This is an action involving the validity and construction of a portion of Sec. 26 of Article 1269m, Vernon’s Texas Annotated Civil Statutes, known as the Firemen’s and Policemen’s Civil Service Act, as amended by Act of the 54th Leg., R.S.1955, Ch. 255, p. 709. This section was again amended by the 55th Leg., R.S.1957, Ch. 391, Sec. 6, but as last amended is not involved here. The question at issue is whether Sec. 53, Art. 3 of the State Constitution, Vernon’s Ann.St. prohibits payment of money for accumulated sick leave under the Act of 1955 to an employee after severance of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Empire Gas & Fuel Co. v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1932
  2. Byrd v. City of DallasTexas Supreme Court · 1928
  3. Rhoads Drilling Co. v. AllredTexas Supreme Court · 1934
  4. Foreman v. GoochCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1944

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Providence Teachers Union, Local 958 v. School CommitteeSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1971
  2. Gilman v. County of CheshireSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1985
  3. City of Corpus Christi v. HerschbachCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1976
  4. In re the Arbitration between Teachers Ass'n, Central High School District No. 3 & Board of Education, Central High School District No. 3Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1970
  5. El Paso County v. Jeffers, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1985

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