CAMACHO v. SAMANIEGO

No. D-1425.

831 S.W.2d 804 (1992)

Mary CAMACHO, Individually and d/b/a Afuera Out Bail Bonds et al. v. Leo SAMANIEGO, Sheriff of El Paso County, Texas, and El Paso County.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Overruled June 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart W. Forbes, Max L. Christenson, Doris Sipes, Jim Darnell, Joseph (Sib) Abraham, Jr., El Paso, for appellant.

Joe Lucas, Eddie Martin, El Paso, Paul McCollum, Odessa, J. Monty Stevens, El Paso, for appellee.


OPINION

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

This case involves a challenge by various bail bond issuers to the El Paso County Commissioners Court's pre-conviction bail bond filing fee. The trial court, El Paso County Court at Law No. 2, rendered summary judgment against the issuers and upheld the fee. On appeal, the court of appeals on its own motion held that the statutory county court had no constitutional authority to hear the case. Accordingly, it vacated the trial...

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