Legal Opinion
Roccaforte v. Jefferson County
Texas Supreme Court
Decided April 29, 2011No. 09-0326PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Jefferson
joined by Justice HECHT, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice MEDINA, Justice GREEN, Justice JOHNSON, Justice GUZMAN, and Justice LEHRMANN, and joined by Justice WILLETT as to parts I through III.
The Local Government Code requires a person suing a county to give the county judge and the county or district attorney notice of the claim. Tex. Loc. Gov’t Code § 89.0041. The plaintiff provided that notice here, but did so by personal service of process, rather than registered or certified mail as the statute contemplates. We conclude that when the requisite county officials receive timely notice enabling…
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