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FORTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE-SECOND CALLED SESSION 2015
AUTHORIZING L. M. ANDERSON TO SUE STATE.
S. C. R. No. 8.]
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
WHEREAS, On the 2nd day of March, A. D. 1937, a truck
belonging to L. M. Anderson fell through a bridge spanning
Berry Creek on State Highway No. 2 near Georgetown, Texas,
in Williamson County, at which point on said State Highway
No. 2 the said truck belonging to L. M. Anderson was wrecked
and rendered totally worthless; and
WHEREAS, The said L. M. Anderson claims that he had secured
a permit from the State Highway Department to move an
overload over the State Highway from San Antonio to Weatherford,
routing being from San Antonio to Fort Worth over State
Highway No. 2, and from Fort Worth to Weatherford over State
Highway No. 1; and
WHEREAS, The said L. M. Anderson claims that as his truck
was passing over said bridge spanning Berry Creek on State
Highway No. 2 in Williamson County the said bridge collapsed,
destroying said truck belonging to the said L. M. Anderson; and
WHEREAS, The said L. M. Anderson claims that the State
Highway Department was negligent in failing to properly maintain
the said bridge spanning Berry Creek on State Highway
No. 2 in Williamson County and also was negligent in routing
the said truck over the said bridge spanning Berry Creek on
State Highway No. 2; and
WHEREAS, The said L. M. Anderson claims that he has supporting
evidence that the said bridge was in dangerous condition
prior to the said truck belonging to the said L. M. Anderson
falling through the said bridge; and
WHEREAS, The said L. M. Anderson claims that the State of
Texas and its Highway Department are liable for the damages
to the said truck belonging to the said L. M. Anderson; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, By the Senate, the House of Representatives
concurring, that the said L. M. Anderson be hereby granted permission
to bring suit against the State of Texas and the State
Highway Commission in a court of competent jurisdiction to
ascertain and fix the amount or amounts, if any, the State Highway
Commission and the State of Texas is indebted to the said
L. M. Anderson on account of the damages to the said truck
belonging to the said L. M. Anderson so alleged to have been
caused by the collapse of said bridge spanning Berry Creek on
State Highway No. 2 in Williamson County. And in case such
suit is filed, service of citation shall be had upon the Governor
of the State of Texas, the Chairman of the Highway Commission
and the Attorney General of Texas, and that said suit may
be prosecuted regardless of any claim of limitation upon the
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1937-1939 [Volume 31], book, 1939; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth18824/m1/293/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .