CASTILLO v. HIDALGO COUNTY WATER DIST. 1

No. 13-88-430-CV.

771 S.W.2d 633 (1989)

Herminia CASTILLO, and as Next Friend for Richard Castillo, Jr., Sergio Castillo, Mario Castillo and Miguel Angel Castillo, Appellants, v. HIDALGO COUNTY WATER DISTRICT NO. 1, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

May 11, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George P. Powell, Hinojosa & Powell, McAllen, for appellants.

Clifton E. Slaton, Lisa D. Powell, Atlas & Hall, McAllen, for appellee.

Before NYE, C.J., and KENNEDY and SEERDEN, JJ.


OPINION

KENNEDY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in a wrongful death action brought by appellants, the minor brothers of Carlos Castillo, who drowned in a canal owned and operated by appellee, Hidalgo County Water District Number One. Summary judgment was rendered against appellants on the ground that the Wrongful Death Act does not extend to the benefit of siblings. Appellants contend by three points of error that the denial of a wrongful...

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