Schattman v. Tarrant County

I respectfully dissent. This is a suit by way of declaratory judgment in which the plaintiff seeks to establish that Tex.Rev. Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 3883Í-3 (Supp. 1980-81) applies to County Court at Law No. 2 of Tarrant County, Texas.

Article 3883Í-3 is a judicial salary equalization statute. It requires the County Commissioners of Tarrant County (and other counties with a population in excess of 700,000 people) to fix the salaries of “the judges of the probate courts” in an amount at least equal to that of the district court judges in the same county.

County Court at Law No. 2 of Tarrant County…