City of Houston v. Christopher A. Rhule

OPINION ON REHEARING

EVELYN V. KEYES, Justice.

Following the issuance of our opinions in this case on July 21, 2011, appellant, the City of Houston (“the City”), filed a motion for rehearing and a motion to dismiss the appeal on jurisdictional grounds.1 We grant rehearing to address both the City’s motion for rehearing and its motion to dismiss.. We withdraw our opinion and judgment of July 21, 2011 and issue this opinion and judgment in their stead.

In its motion to dismiss, the City contends that the trial court and this Court lack jurisdiction to entertain this suit because appellee,…