DENTON COUNTY v. HOWARD

No. 2-99-278-CV.

22 S.W.3d 113 (2000)

DENTON COUNTY, Texas, Appellant, v. Donald HOWARD, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

June 15, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Isaacks, Denton County, Crim. Dist. Atty., Hugh Emerson Coleman, Asst. Dist. Atty., Denton, for Appellant.

William Trantham & Associates, William E. Trantham, Denton, for Appellee.

PANEL A: CAYCE, C.J.; DAUPHINOT, J.; WILLIAM BRIGHAM, J. (Retired, Sitting by Assignment).


OPINION

LEE ANN DAUPHINOT, Justice.

INTRODUCTION

In this interlocutory appeal, Appellant Denton County, Texas (the County) appeals from the trial court's order denying its plea to the jurisdiction on the ground of sovereign immunity. Because we hold that the trial court properly denied the County's plea to the jurisdiction, we affirm the trial court's order.

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