# Guynes v. Galveston County

> Texas Supreme Court · October 27, 1993 · 861 S.W.2d 861

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9677409

## Case

- **Full name:** Ben M. GUYNES, Petitioner, v. GALVESTON COUNTY Et Al., Respondents
- **Court:** Texas Supreme Court
- **Decided:** October 27, 1993
- **Citations:** 861 S.W.2d 861; 1993 WL 218643
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** On rehearing
- **Judges:** Cornyn, Hightower, Gonzalez, Doggett, Gammage
- **Cited by:** 211 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that article V, section 18 of the Texas Constitution permits a commissioners court to exercise broad discretion to conduct county business, although "the legal basis for any action taken must be grounded ultimately in the constitution or statutes"
- stating that a county with authority to hire legal counsel could set terms of a contract with outside counsel in the exercise of its implied authority
- stating that district attorneys have no legal duty "to represent the county in its general legal business or the conduct of ordinary civil actions"

## Opinion text

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
Rehearing Overruled.

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