County of Harris v. Eaton

Supreme Court of Texas · Decided 1978-10-11

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POPE, Justice. This is a negligence case which requires our decision whether, under sections 14(12) and 18(b) of the Tort Claims Act, Tex.Rev. Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 6252-19, the defendant Harris County owed the plaintiffs the limited duty owing a licensee, as insisted by Harris County, or the duty of ordinary negligence as the courts below have held. James Eaton, Doris Jean Burk Eaton, John C. Hall and Nancy W. Hall sued Harris C…

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