Lewis v. State

OPINION

UTTER, Justice.

The trial court granted a motion for summary judgment in favor of the State which removed appellant, Ralph C. Lewis, from the office of Justice of the Peace, for incompetency and official misconduct. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The record reveals that the State filed a petition seeking appellant’s removal from office because of fourteen different acts of alleged incompetency and official misconduct. Tex. Local Gov’t Code Ann. § 87.001 et seq. (Vernon 1988). The State alleged that appellant committed the following acts under the color of his office that…