Arnold v. City of Sherman

BOND, Chief Justice.

The primary purpose of this suit is to require the proper officials of the City of Sherman to recognize plaintiff as a member of the city’s Fire Department and to pay him his salary from August 25, 1948, when he was allegedly illegally suspended by the Fire Chief of said Department.

The City of Sherman, a municipality of more than 10,000 inhabitants, operating under special charter, in due time adopted the provisions of the Firemen’s and Policemen’s Civil Service Act, Acts 1947, 50th Legislature, p. 550, Ch. 325, Vernon’s Ann. Civ.St. art. 1269m, § 1 et seq.; and, as…