Lyons v. TEXAS a & M UNIVERSITY

CIRE, Justice.

This appeal is from the granting of appel-lee’s plea in abatement and the dismissal of appellant’s suit.

Appellant Earl J. Lyons brought suit in the 10th District Court, Galveston County, against appellee Texas A & M University for personal injuries sustained on the University’s vessel, the Texas Clipper, while serving in the ship’s crew as a cook. His petition alleged that the University, through various negligent acts and unsea-worthy conditions on the vessel, caused his injuries when a box fell on him in a storeroom of the ship. He brought suit under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. §…