State Department of Public Safety v. Cox

The Department of Public Safety does not predicate its appeal on the grounds now seized upon by the majority for reversal of cause. To the contrary, both parties hereto, in briefs and on rehearing, merely take opposite views of the following question of law: Whether the initial finding contemplated by Article 6687b, § 22, was to be made by the corporation (police) court, a judicial tribunal, or the judge of said court as an administrative official. It was decided in original opinion that the statutory words “mayor of the city, or judge of the police court, or a justice of the peace”, made the…