City of Houston v. Sam Levingston, DVM

Opinion issued July 27, 2006

In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

NO. 01-03-00678-CV

__________

THE CITY OF HOUSTON, Appellant

V

SAM LEVINGSTON, D.V.M., Appellee

On Appeal from the 125th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 2000-24777

OPINION ON REHEARING

We grant appellant’s motion for rehearing, withdraw our opinion dated February 2, 2006, and substitute this opinion in its place.

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