H.t. Vondy, Petitioner v. Commissioners Court of Uvalde County, Texas, Respondents

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court reversed the Court of Civil Appeals and remanded the case, holding that the failure to join Commissioner Woodrow Head in the mandamus petition was not fundamental error and that the Uvalde County Commissioners Court is mandated to set a reasonable salary for its constables. The Court applied the modern Rule 39 joinder analysis and interpreted the Texas Constitution’s salary provision as requiring a salary, not merely permitting one.