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SEAY v. HALL

No. C-2562.

677 S.W.2d 19 (1984)

Willie Rhoneta SEAY, Petitioner, v. William K. HALL et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

October 3, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter, Jones, Magee, Rudberg and Mayes, Morton A. Rudberg and Charles M. Wilson, III, Dallas, for petitioner.

Thompson & Knight, Timothy R. McCormick and David M. Kendall, Vial, Hamilton, Koch, Tubb, Knox & Stradley, William N. Hamilton, Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, Russell W. Schell, Robert M. Greenberg, Dallas, for respondents.

KILGARLIN, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether statutory probate courts have jurisdiction over survival and wrongful death actions. Because of her husband's death from injuries received when a boiler safety valve released scalding water and steam onto him, Willia Rhoneta Seay sued the various respondents1 in this case. Suit was initially brought in a Dallas County district court under the provisions of Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat. Ann. art...

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