POWELL v. ESTELLE

No. 13003.

580 S.W.2d 169 (1979)

David Lee POWELL, Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied May 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. P. Darrouzet, Austin, for appellant.

Mark White, Atty. Gen., Stephen G. Nagle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellee.


SHANNON, Justice.

The opinion of this Court filed on April 11, 1979, is withdrawn, and the following opinion replaces it.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the 261st District Court of Travis County dismissing for want of jurisdiction David Lee Powell's suit for declaratory judgment. We will affirm the judgment.

On January 2, 1979, Powell filed a declaratory judgment suit in the 261st District Court of Travis County. Powell sought a declaration...

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