Nueces County and Larry Olivarez, Sheriff v. Gayle C. Ferguson

NUMBER 13-02-230-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI

NUECES COUNTY AND LARRY OLIVAREZ, SHERIFF, Appellants,

v.

GAYLE C. FERGUSON, Appellee.

On appeal from the 214th District Court

of Nueces County, Texas.

O P I N I O N

Before Justices Hinojosa, Castillo, and Chavez[1]

Opinion by Justice Castillo

This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction.[2] In two issues, appellants Nueces County (Athe County@) and Sheriff Larry Olivarez (Athe Sheriff@) assert that the trial court erred in denying their plea to the jurisdiction. We reverse and render.

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