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ADAMS v. HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS

Civ. A. No. 69-H-215.

316 F.Supp. 938 (1970)

Frederick P. ADAMS, Plaintiff, v. HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, Defendant.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

July 30, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. James Kronzer, Brown, Kronzer, Abraham, Watkins & Steely, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Charles F. Mitchell, Asst. County Atty., Houston, Tex., for defendant.

Memorandum and Order

SINGLETON, District Judge.

This is a suit in admiralty in which plaintiff seeks to recover damages for bodily injuries when a motorcycle on which he was riding collided with a barricade of a drawbridge maintained by Harris County. Defendant has moved for dismissal for lack of jurisdiction.

The accident occurred on Easter Sunday, March 26, 1967. On that day Gerald Fortney, owner of a relatively small pleasure craft, was...

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