City of San Antonio v. Whitten

This case involves the validity of an ordinance of the City of San Antonio adopted March 19, 1958 which fixed the monthly salary of respondents at the statutory minimum of $220.00 per month from and after March 15, 1958. The respondents, twelve in number, recovered summary judgments for varying amounts in accordance with differences between a pay schedule in force prior to August 22, 1957 and the minimum provided by the 1958 ordinance. 1 The Court of Civil Appeals has affirmed. 330 S.W. 2d 210. The opinion in San Antonio v. Handley, Texas Civ. App., 308 S.W. 2d 608, wr. ref., sets out in some…