City of Houston v. Turner

BELL, Chief Justice.

Appellees, Billy S. Turner and Wallace E. Crowder, were and are police officers of the City of Houston. On February 22, 1961, they were indefinitely suspended from their position as police officers. It is not necessary for purposes of this appeal to notice the rule infractions charged against them. Each appellee appealed to the Civil Service Commission and after a hearing that body entered the following order in each case:

“On this the 13th day of March 1961, the Commission considered the evidence heard in the matter of the appeal of -from an order of indefinite suspension…