Legal Opinion
Brown v. Owens
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 20, 1984No. C-2640PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KILGARLIN, Justice.
The principal issue to be determined by this court is whether section five of the Texas Tort Claims Act, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat. Ann. art. 6252-19 (Vernon 1970), requiring cases under the Act to be filed in the county in which the cause of action or a part thereof arises, is jurisdictional.
Mrs. Brown filed a death action in Harris County against Dr. E.R. Owens, Waller County, Waller County Hospital, respondents herein, and Dr. W.J. Parker, Dr. S.C. Walker, and Prairie View A & M University. The cause was subsequently transferred to the District Court of Waller County, which…
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