TORRES v. STATE

No. 11881.

476 S.W.2d 846 (1972)

Celestino TORRES et ux., Appellants, v. The STATE of Texas et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied March 8, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Latting, Austin, for appellants.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., Nola White, 1st Asst. Atty. Gen., Alfred Walker, Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., Sam McDaniel, Staff Legal Asst. Atty. Gen., J. C. Davis and Jack Sparks, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, for appellees.


SHANNON, Justice.

This appeal involves the construction of the Texas Torts Claims Act, Article 6252-19, Texas Revised Civil Statutes.1

Appellants, Celestino Torres and wife, Mrs. Torres, sued appellees, The State of Texas and The Texas Education Agency, as surviving parents of Alejandro C. Torres in a survivorship and wrongful death action in the district court of Travis County. The decedent, a seventeen year old blind student...

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