BRUDER v. STATE

No. 20255.

601 S.W.2d 102 (1980)

Melvyn Carson BRUDER, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Preston, Jackson & Levy, Denton, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Maridell Templeton, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, CARVER and HUMPHREYS, JJ.


CARVER, Justice.

This case concerns the disposition of money that was used in an attempt to bribe a police officer. The trial court denied recovery of the money to an assignee of the briber. We affirm and hold that the briber's assignee has no claim to the money.

The case was tried on stipulated facts. John Handy Jones paid Richard Sullivan, the Chief of the Addison Police Department, $6,400 in exchange for Sullivan's co-operation in allowing Jones and others...

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