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