SAMANIEGO v. EL PASO TOWING, INC.

No. 08-91-00400-CV.

836 S.W.2d 702 (1992)

Leo SAMANIEGO, Sheriff of El Paso County, Appellant, v. EL PASO TOWING, INC., a/k/a EI Paso Towing Association, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Overruled August 5, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Lucas, County Atty., El Paso, for appellant.

Ronald Calhoun, Calhoun & Villa, El Paso, for appellee.

Before OSBORN, C.J., and BARAJAS and LARSEN, JJ.


OPINION

OSBORN, Chief Justice.

This is a case of first impression involving the statutory construction of Article 4477-9a, Article V, entitled "Abandoned Motor Vehicles". Suit was filed seeking a declaratory judgment that a towing company was entitled to recover storage charges for abandoned vehicles that the Sheriff sold at auction for less than the charges incurred for storage. We affirm the trial court's judgment, based upon its interpretation of the...

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