Simpson v. City of Houston

CODY, Justice.

This was an appeal by a member of the Police Department of the City of Houston to the District Court of Harris County, made under the provisions of section 18 of Article 1269m of Vernon’s Texas Civil Statutes, from an order of the Firemen’s and Policemen’s Civil Service Commission' of the city. And in such appeal plaintiff, M. M. Simpson, also asked to recover back pay from the date of his suspension, which was August 11, 1950. The defendants to the action were the Mayor, the members of the Civil Service Commission, the Chief of Police, and the municipality of Houston. Said…