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FORT BEND COUNTY DRAINAGE DIST. v. SBRUSCH

No. D-0022.

818 S.W.2d 392 (1991)

FORT BEND COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT and Fort Bend County, Petitioners, v. Bennie SBRUSCH, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Overruled December 11, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret A. Wilson, Paul S. Wells, Houston, William W. Kilgarlin, Austin, for petitioners.

Robert P. Gaddis, Houston, for respondent.

OPINION

COOK, Justice.

This case presents the question whether a governmental unit owed a legal duty to a private individual to repair a privatelyowned bridge. Under the facts of this case, we hold that the governmental unit did not owe such a duty. Therefore, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals, 788 S.W.2d 896, and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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