CITY OF HOUSTON v. ESTATE OF JONES

No. 10-0755.

388 S.W.3d 663 (2012)

The CITY OF HOUSTON, Petitioner, v. The ESTATE OF Kenneth Samuel JONES, Deceased, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

December 21, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arturo G. Michel , City Attorney, Bertrand L. Pourteau, II , Sr. Assistant City Attorney, David M. Feldman , Elizabeth L. Stevens , City Attorney, Jaqueline I. Leguizamon , Judith Lee Ramsey , Senior Assistant City Attorney, Lynette Fons, City of Houston Legal Dept., L. Renee Lowe , Harris County Attorney's Office, Houston, TX, for Petitioner The City of Houston.

Christy Lynn Martin , Elizabeth Bolt, J.   Blake Hamm , Nicholas Neil Deutsch , Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, David A. Chaumette , De La Rosa & Chaumette, Robert James Carty, Jr. , Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Houston, TX, for Respondent The Estate of Kenneth Samuel Jones.


PER CURIAM.

The City of Houston was sued and filed a plea to the jurisdiction. When its plea was denied, the City did not appeal. Several months later it filed an amended plea to the jurisdiction, then filed this interlocutory appeal from the denial of its amended plea. The court of appeals dismissed part of the appeal, but considered the merits of part of it.

The issue presented is whether the court of appeals properly exercised jurisdiction over part of...

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