CITY OF HOUSTON v. PEYTON

No. 3552.

316 S.W.2d 152 (1958)

The CITY OF HOUSTON et al., Appellants, v. G. D. PEYTON, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Burks, Acting City Attorney, Homer T. Bouldin, Senior Asst. City Attorney, Houston, for appellants.

C. C. Divine, Houston, for appellee.


McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This case involves the validity of an order of indefinite suspension rendered by the Mayor of Houston, indefinitely suspending G. D. Peyton, Chief Humane Officer of the City of Houston, from the Classified Civil Service of the City of Houston. Peyton appealed to the Civil Service Commission of the City of Houston, which, after hearing, sustained the Mayor's order of indefinite suspension and permanently dismissed Peyton from the Classified...

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