COUNTY OF MAVERICK v. RUIZ

No. 04-94-00113-CV.

897 S.W.2d 843 (1995)

COUNTY OF MAVERICK; Enriqueta Diaz Carpenter, County Judge; Enrique Ibarra, County Commissioner, Precinct 3; and Johnny Martinez, County Commissioner, Precinct 1, Appellants, v. Roberto RUIZ, County Commissioner, Precinct 4 and Guillermo Mancha, County Commissioner, Precinct 2, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

February 15, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel W. Lanfear, Hubert W. Green, Green, McReynolds & Green, San Antonio, for appellants.

Claudio Heredia, Knickerbrocker, Cowan, Heredia & Jasso, P.C., Eagle Pass, Thomas H. Crofts, Jr., Crofts, Callaway & Jefferson, P.C., San Antonio, for appellees.

Before CHAPA, C.J., and STONE and HARDBERGER, JJ.


OPINION

CHAPA, Chief Justice.

Appellants, Maverick County, the county judge, and certain Maverick county commissioners, appeal a summary judgment granted in favor of appellees, County Commissioners Roberto Ruiz and Guillermo Mancha. The cause of action arose when a majority of the Maverick County Commissioners Court withheld the salaries of the appellees, contending that the Texas Constitution prohibited appellees from receiving their salaries as county...

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