August 24, 2015      3:42 PM
Updated: Temporary restraining order issued against Commissioner Bush in fight with Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Fight over property at the DRT library escalates
Editor’s note: This story
has been updated with comment from the General Land Office – SB
The
Daughters
of the Republic of Texas on Monday afternoon obtained a temporary
restraining order against the General Land Office and Commissioner
George P. Bush after the group
claimed it was locked out of its own library on the Alamo grounds in San
Antonio.
The
Daughters of the Republic of Texas said they filed suit after some of their
employees arrived to work at the DRT Library to “find the locks
changed, their computer hacked, and access to the DRT Library and the
collection they own blocked.”
In
issuing the order, a state district court judge in Bexar County said “there is
a substantial likelihood that the Plaintiff DRT will prevail on the merits of
its claims against the Defendant GLO. Unless
enjoined, the GLO’s wrongful control and illegal
taking of the DRT’s private property…will cause and continue to cause
irreparable harm.”
By Scott Braddock
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