City of Houston v. Mahoney

GILL, Associate Justice.

By this suit the appellee sought to recover of appellant his salary as policeman from the 10th of June, 1898, the date of his alleged discharge, until the date of the trial. The court below awarded him his unpaid salary and interest covering the time which elapsed from the date of his discharge to the expiration of a two year term counting from the date of his appointment. He bought to recover a greater sum on the theory that under the city’s charter the police department was placed under civil service rules, whereby police officers may hold during good behavior and…