COOK v. NELIUS

No. 16200.

498 S.W.2d 455 (1973)

C. R. COOK, Fire Chief of the City of Houston, et al., Appellants, v. Walter H. NELIUS et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

August 23, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Olson, City Atty., F. William Colburn, Senior Asst., Roy Ahrens, Asst., Houston, for appellants.

Dixie, Wolf & Hall, George C. Dixie, Houston, for appellees.


EVANS, Justice.

On March 24, 1973, the 17th District Court of Harris County, Texas, entered a judgment holding C. R. Cook in contempt and adjudging his punishment to be a fine of $500.00 and commitment in the county jail for a period of six months.

The proceedings in the District Court were based upon a suggestion of contempt filed on behalf of certain employees of the City of Houston Fire Department, charging the...

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