Legal Opinion
Adams v. Myers
Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)
Decided October 31, 1986No. 12-85-00203-CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BILL BASS, Justice.
This is a suit brought by an inmate of the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC) for the wrongful confiscation of a photo album containing pictures of his family. The trial court dismissed the suit without prejudice on the ground that it had no jurisdiction of plaintiff’s claim.
On April 8, 1985, appellant filed a pro se petition titled “Tort-Claim” against the TDC and two of its wardens, David Myers and John Bonner. The petition alleged that two officers entered appellant’s cell and confiscated appellant’s photo album. Appellant claimed that the individual defendants…
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