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2028 RESOLUTIONS.
Texas, while engaged in the occupation of painting on the Main
Building at College Station, Texas, in Brazos County, Texas, a
scaffold fell with him and he sustained injuries from which he
subsequently died on the 1st day of August, A. D. 1932; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Lillian Stallings Russell, who resides in
Brazos County, Texas, is the surviving widow (now married) of
H. G. Stallings and H. G. Stallings, Jr., is a surviving son, and
H. L. Russell, the husband of Mrs. Lillian Stallings Russell, pro
forma, and have not been compensated for the damages sustained
by her or them on account of the death of the said H. G.
Stallings, occasioned by injuries sustained by him while in the
employ of the Texas A. and M. College of the State of Texas;
and
WHEREAS, Suit cannot be maintained against the State of
Texas and the Texas A. and M. College of the State of Texas
without permission of the Legislature of the State of Texas;
now, therefore be it
RESOLVED by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
1. That the said Mrs. Lillian Stallings Russell, surviving
widow (now married) of H. G. Stallings, deceased, and H. G.
Stallings, Jr., surviving son of H. G. Stallings, deceased, and
H. L. Russell, the husband of Mrs. Lillian Stallings Russell, be
and/or they are hereby granted permission to bring suit against
the State of Texas and the Texas A. and M. College of the State
of Texas, for damages sustained by her and/or them by reason
of the death of H. G. Stallings, as a result of injuries sustained
by him while in the performance of his duties as an employee of
the Texas A. and M. College of the State of Texas, in any Court
of competent jurisdiction in Brazos County, Texas, at any time
within two (2) years from the date this Resolution takes effect;
and
2. That such suit upon said cause of action shall be tried
and determined in the trial and appellate Courts according to the
same rules of law and procedure as to liability and defense that
would be applicable if such suit were against an ordinary Texas
corporation; and
3. That process issued in such suit may be served upon the
Governor of the State of Texas, the Attorney General of the
State of Texas and the President of the Board of Directors of
the Texas A. and M. College of the State of Texas; and
4. That any judgment which may be recovered by reason of
the prosecution of such suit shall be.and constitute a liquidated
debt and shall be paid by the Board of Directors of the Texas
A. and M. College of Texas out of the Texas A. and M. College
Local Funds.
Filed in the Department of State, October 26, 1937, without
-the Governor's signature.
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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/m1/306/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .