State v. Brannan

'ALEXANDER, Justice.

Donald Ray Brannan, age eleven, was drowned in Jefferson Davis State Park in Hill county in 1935. The parents of the deceased child, with the consent of the Legislature, brought this suit against the state to recover the pecuniary damages sustained by them as the result of the death of said child: A trial before the court without a jury resulted in judgment for plaintiffs for the sum of $3,274.15. The state appealed.

This appeal presents the sole question as to whether the state is liable in damages for the alleged negligence of the state park board and its agents and…