GIBBS v. JACKSON

No. 97-0961.

990 S.W.2d 745 (1999)

Naomi GIBBS, Petitioner, v. Shannon JACKSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided April 1, 1999.

Rehearing Overruled June 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory P. Grajczyk, Milbank, SD, for Petitioner.

Robert D. Bennett, Gilmer, for Respondent.


Justice ABBOTT delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

This case considers the creation of a new common-law duty to keep horses from roaming onto farm-to-market roads in areas that have not adopted local stock laws. For the reasons given below, we decline to create that common-law duty. Accordingly, we reverse the court of appeals' judgment and render judgment that Jackson take nothing.

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Shannon Jackson was driving her car on Farm-to-Market...

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