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CITY OF HOUSTON v. DANCER

No. 7527.

377 S.W.2d 858 (1964)

CITY OF HOUSTON, Appellant, v. Farrie DANCER, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Rehearing Denied April 14, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. H. Burks, City Atty., G. Gordon Whitman, Senior Asst. City Atty., Houston, for appellant.

Bill Cannon, Paul D. Filer, Jr., Tynes & Turk, Houston, for appellee.

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

The injured plaintiff had been convicted in a city court of violating a City of Houston penal ordinance and fined twenty dollars, and upon failure to pay was taken into custody by appropriate authority and held as a prisoner at the City penal farm. He, as a member of a detail of some fifty prisoners, was assigned to clearing storm scattered debris from City parks in Houston. Under guard this work...

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