Adams v. Harris County

TUNES, Chief Justice.

Appellant Frederick Adams was injured on March 26,1967 while riding a motorcycle on a drawbridge operated by Harris County' across Cedar Bayou. He sued the county in federal district court, claiming federal maritime jurisdiction. By order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the cause was dismissed for want of federal jurisdiction. Adams v. Harris County, 452 F.2d 994 (5th Cir. 1971), cert. denied, 406 U.S. 968, 92 S.Ct. 2414, 32 L.Ed.2d 667 (1972). Appellant also obtained permission of the Texas Legislature to sue the county in the state courts…