Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Brownsville Navigation District

OPINION

GREEN, Chief Justice.

This appeal involves the question whether the trial court properly ordered appellant’s Third Party Action against appellee dismissed on the ground of GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY FROM SUIT.

Appellant Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, hereafter some time called Railroad, was sued, along with another defendant (not a party to this appeal). Plaintiffs (also not parties to the appeal) sought to recover damages for the death of an employee of Railroad claimed to have been knocked from a moving box car by a crane which was too near the railroad track for adequate clearance for…