Canales v. Laughlin

Gus Canales, individually and as Commissioner of Precinct Four of Jim Wells County, and Albert D. Gartner and eight other tax-paying citizens of that county brought this suit against the County Judge, the remaining members of the Commissioners Court and certain other county officials to enjoin the expenditure of county funds pursuant to a resolution adopted by .the Commissioners Court creating the office of County Road Unit Administrative Officer and employing respondent Bryan Patterson to fill such office. In general, the resolution was attacked as being beyond the legal authority of the…