TEXAS DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS v. WINTERS

No. 09-87-235-CV.

765 S.W.2d 531 (1989)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellant, v. Ruth WINTERS, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

January 26, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Payne, Huntsville, and Gabriel G. Ouintanilla, San Antonio, for appellant.

Sid S. Stover, Jasper, for appellees.


OPINION

DIES, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs below sued the Texas Department of Corrections, defendant below, for sending them a telegram advising them that their husband and father had died while an inmate at the Texas Department of Corrections when, in fact, he had not died. The court below entered judgment on the jury's verdict for plaintiffs, from which defendant Texas Department of Corrections perfects appeal to this court. The parties will be referred to...

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