Crouch v. Civil Service Commission

SAM D. JOHNSON, Justice.

Appellant, a police officer, was indefinitely suspended by the Texas City Police Chief for an infraction of the Civil Service rules and regulations of the City of Texas City. The Civil Service Commission, upon an appeal hearing, dismissed the appellant from the classified service. In a trial de novo, the district court rendered judgment for the Civil Service Commission.

The following sequence of events is reflected in the record:

1. On the night of November 29, 1966, the appellant and his partner were on routine patrol. Finding the door of a business establishment ajar…