Legal Opinion

Sexton v. Mount Olivet Cemetery Ass'n

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided September 24, 1986No. 14579PublishedCited by 208 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POWERS, Justice.

James L. Sexton, the Banking Commissioner of Texas, appeals from a final judgment rendered by the district court in a suit brought by Mount Olivet Cemetery Association, wherein the Association obtained declaratory and injunctive relief after a non-jury trial. We will reform the judgment of the district court and affirm it as reformed.

THE CONTROVERSY

The Banking Department of Texas is a component of the Finance Commission of Texas and the Commissioner is charged to enforce, through the Department, the provisions of Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 548b (1973 & Supp.1986). See…

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