Mokwa v. City of Houston

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

Marilyn Mokwa appeals from a take-nothing judgment rendered in her suit against the City of Houston. Mokwa sought to recover back pay from the city, pursuant to Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 1269m, sec. 8(b), and art. 1269q, sec. 4 (Vernon 1987). She claimed that these statutes entitled her to increased pay for performance of job duties classified at a higher pay rate than her job classification.

Mokwa, a police officer, was employed by the City as a fingerprint classifier in the identification division of the Houston Police Department. The record reflects that police…