Moore v. El Paso Commissioners Court

OPINION

PRESLAR, Chief Judge.

Appellant brought this suit to recover the emoluments of office as Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 1, of El Paso County. Both parties moved for summary judgment; the trial Court granted the motion of the Defendants/Appellees and denied the motion of Plaintiff/Appellant. We affirm.

Appellant, an incumbent Justice of the Peace, filed as a candidate for office in the 1972 Democratic Primary and was elected as the Party’s nominee at the Primary Election in May of 1972. By order dated July 24, 1972, the Commissioners Court of El Paso County abolished the then existing…