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KARLING v. LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTH.

No. 10480.

303 S.W.2d 495 (1957)

Anna KARLING, Appellant, v. LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan Moody, Dan Moody, Jr., Austin, for appellant.

W. S. Gideon, Mac Umstattd, Austin, for appellee.

HUGHES, Justice.

The Reverend J. F. Karling was drowned on June 13, 1955, in the Colorado River below and near the Marble Falls Dam. He and a companion were fishing from a boat in those waters when flood gates on the dam were opened and the onrushing water caused the boat to capsize and Reverend Karling to drown.

This suit is brought by the widow, Mrs. Anna Karling, against the Lower Colorado River Authority for damages for negligently causing the death of...

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