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RORIE v. CITY OF GALVESTON

No. 205.

456 S.W.2d 421 (1970)

C. V. RORIE, Jr., et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF GALVESTON, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Denied July 8, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. Mandell, Mandell & Wright, Dixie Smith, Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, Theodore Goller, Eikel & Goller, Houston, Bryan F. Williams, Jr., Royston, Rayzor & Cook, Galveston, for appellants.

V. W. McLeod, McLeod, Alexander, Powel & Apffel, Galveston, for appellee.

SAM D. JOHNSON, Justice.

C. V. Rorie, Jr., a longshoreman, brought this suit to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while working on board the ship SS Armagh in Galveston, Texas, on September 6, 1960. He named as defendants the City of Galveston, hereinafter sometimes called City, and Avenue Shipping Co., Ltd., and Trinder, Anderson & Co., Ltd., the owners and operators of the ship SS Armagh, hereinafter collectively called shipowner.

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