Legal Opinion
Adams v. Harris County, Texas
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided July 30, 1970No. Civ. A. 69-H-215PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum, and Order
SINGLETON, District Judge.
This is a suit in admiralty in which plaintiff seeks to recover damages for bodily injuries when a motorcycle on which he was riding collided with a barricade of a drawbridge maintained by Harris County. Defendant has moved for dismissal for lack of jurisdiction.
The accident occurred on Easter Sunday, March 26,1967. On that day Gerald Fortney, owner of a relatively small pleasure craft, was driving his vessel on Cedar Bayou approaching the bridge. Without any indication from the vessel that it was necessary to do so, the bridge keeper caused the…
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