Legal Opinion

Brown v. Edwards Transfer Co., Inc.

Texas Supreme Court

Decided December 7, 1988No. C-7147Published

1Opinion of the Court

764 S.W.2d 220 (1988)

Glenn Ray BROWN et al., Petitioners,

v.

EDWARDS TRANSFER COMPANY, INC., Respondent.

No. C-7147.

Supreme Court of Texas.

December 7, 1988.

Rehearing Denied March 8, 1989.

Terry Hyatt and Tony D. Crabtree, Hyatt & Crabtree, P.C., Brenda Jeffers Damuth, Robert W. Hartson, Inc., Dallas, for petitioners.

Warwick J. Jenkins, Jenkins and Jenkins, P.C., Waxahachie, Michael L. Knapek, Jackson, Walker, Winstead, Cantwell & Miller, Dallas, for respondent.

GONZALEZ, Justice.

This is a wrongful death action which presents two issues: (1) whether the illegitimate children of a male decedent may…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Concurring in part, dissenting in part · Spears; Concurring in part, dissenting in part · Robertson.

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Garza v. AlviarTexas Supreme Court · 1965
  3. Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
  4. Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Levy v. Louisiana Ex Rel. Charity HospitalSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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