Kavanagh v. Holcombe

BELL, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court which denied appellant relief from an order of demotion from the position of Detective to that of Patrolman, Third Grade, in the Police Department of the City of Houston. Such order was entered by the Firemen’s & Policemen’s Civil Service Commission after a hearing of appellant’s appeal to that body from a demotion effected by the Chief of Police. Within the time provided by law, appellant filed filed his appeal in the District Court. The basic contention, set out in appellant’s petition filed in court, was that the…