SIMPSON v. MORGAN

No. 09-89-214 CV.

779 S.W.2d 509 (1989)

Mildred SIMPSON, Surviving Spouse of Kenneth Earl Simpson, Deceased and Benny Simpson, Administrator of the Estate of Kenneth Earl Simpson, Deceased, Relators, v. Charles F. MORGAN, Justice of the Peace of Liberty County, Texas, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

October 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Sherman, Houston, for relators.

E.R. Norwood, Liberty, for respondent.


OPINION

BROOKSHIRE, Justice.

Application for writ of mandamus.

Kenneth Earl Simpson died in a city jail cell on March 16, 1988. The Relators are the surviving spouse and the Administrator of the Estate of the Deceased, Mr. Simpson. The death certificate reflects that the immediate cause of death was asphyxia, which, in turn, was due to or as a consequence of trauma to the neck. The cause of the death, in a box on the Certificate of Death, entitled...

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