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COUNTY OF HARRIS v. EATON

No. B-7450.

573 S.W.2d 177 (1978)

COUNTY OF HARRIS, Texas, Petitioner, v. James EATON et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied December 6, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Resweber, County Atty., J. R. Hobgood, Asst. County Atty., Houston, for petitioner.

Roland B. Darby and Larry W. Harrison, Houston, for respondents.

POPE, Justice.

This is a negligence case which requires our decision whether, under sections 14(12) and 18(b) of the Tort Claims Act, Tex.Rev. Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 6252-19, the defendant Harris County owed the plaintiffs the limited duty owing a licensee, as insisted by Harris County, or the duty of ordinary negligence as the courts below have held. James Eaton, Doris Jean Burk Eaton, John C. Hall and Nancy W. Hall sued Harris County for personal injuries. The trial...

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