DAVIS v. COUNTY OF LUBBOCK

No. 8296.

486 S.W.2d 109 (1972)

Thelma E. DAVIS et al., Appellants, v. COUNTY OF LUBBOCK, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

September 11, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby D. Allen, Lubbock, for appellants.

Key, Carr, Evans & Fouts, Donald M. Hunt, Lubbock, for appellee.


REYNOLDS, Justice.

Suit brought against the County of Lubbock to recover money damages for wrongful death within the purview of the Texas Tort Claims Act, Tex.Rev.Civ.St.Ann. art. 6252-19 (1970), was decided summarily in favor of the county upon the trial judge's determination that the petition failed to state a cause of action. Plaintiffs challenge the determinate summary judgment. Affirmed.

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