TOWN OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND v. JACOBS

No. 13-85-357-CV.

736 S.W.2d 134 (1986)

TOWN OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND and Johnny Smith, Appellants, v. Fred R. JACOBS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

On Rehearing July 6, 1987.

Rehearing Denied August 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Denison, Roger W. Hughes, Harlingen, Paul Cunningham, South Padre Island, R. Gaines Griffin, Sawtelle, Goode, Davidson & Troilo, San Antonio, for appellants.

Thomas Sullivan, Denis A. Downey, Brownsville, for appellee.

Before BENAVIDES, UTTER, and SEERDEN, JJ.


OPINION

BENAVIDES, Justice.

This appeal arises from an alleged wrongful termination of employment.

Appellee began working as fire chief for the Town on December 1, 1980. Appellee had previously been a member of the Baltimore City Fire Department from 1951-1966. For the next ten years, he and his wife operated a shelter home for the Montgomery County Social Service in Maryland before moving to Texas in...

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