Case Information

*1 )3 ” ““’ OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

April 14, 1999 *2 Hon. T. X. Trimble, April 14, 1939, ?age 2

sohool building, across the sohool grounds, up and down stairs at the school, or in walking in the halls might have an accident and the Roard be he14 liable. Is then, any liability to the Board in thie ease?

R4. The Board owus as one of its buildings an audltorlum and public sohool programs are &given in this auditorium. Great number0 of +paople attend. Trefrlo is heevy sometimes a-

round the bull la&s. It has been he14 that the Boer4 might EK:'- Iable lf may onm were attend-, !l

lnga8ehoolpmgmman48houl4~tigura iaen automobl& rsoi(bat, or abocU4 ifgrur Ia my kin4 of an l 0014ent at the ru4Itoorl8m. Im thery auy liability in thl8.uwml8.T

Aon. T. Y. Trlmble, April 14, 1939, page 3

rule in 19 R. C. L. Section 402, p. 1124, apply- in: the doctrine above mentioned, suoh corpora- tions are not liable for personal injuries to pupils resulting from the defeotlvs condition of the school buildings, or fmm the negllgenoe or the person In oherge thereof. In the seotlon olted it 1s said that - - -S

**In such a ease, it can make no-dltrer- enoe that the duty or maintelnln~ the pub110 sohool, in oonneotion with whloh the injury 000~rro4, ua8 voluntarily assume4 un4er par- mi88iW 8tatute rather thqn &10U4 by~a OOP- -4 or the Lsgislature.~W

The cow or Braua f. Trustee8 or xgotorIo Indo- ndent School D18trlot, (T. &A. 19W) ll#iS. 'I. (M) ,GF nrit 0r l iror ~retucl0d, 8hc+ad be pmioauw ooarid- .l&ia.th%8 OOMOOtiOll. a at .M80 th0 -rd. Of TXWbb;. 8Udror aeglltpik+.-la$*

Or the Independent DI8trfOtw ti;a 8Oh0Of Ohild-lh0 ?Ou frCWa'b&th~BB 4b$~.%hO7813h@0&,... ,i9b6lldtng into a fI’O8hly t-e harim 8tiff’Ma pad -2.: ylel4lnS bmneher .aa4 was themby heLd ln)urwl. Thaaq that there -8~W Uablllty on thcpart or t&e'Doar&or =,'~.' +Tl'u8tee8 an4 io the OO!lr80 Of the OQipiOn 8tat.d: ,_

rTbs'rfr8t QU&iOll here prweakd'ii whothu or'aot the board of trwtee8 ef.an in; / dopedent rohool di8trlet O(UL be 8~04 l t’all .wh en the o ouee l oun40 in to rt. T h ere eon be no~qw8tiO@ but that a lndepondent 8OhOO1 dir- triOt i8 an.a@#tlw Of the 6td@,yUtdj Whih l XUOi8i~ fUllOtiOll8,~ 18. IlOt +Il- ~~Wl’ZlWltkl. in a OUit

W&&& iOr it8 XI~,@i~OO 800natng if mob a (CitilUJ 00808). However, dl8trloC may properly l uroiri roprlettry l ot8, an4 while exerololng rooh’prepr f Otat?r apt8 le gairty or .a tort, the dI*trlot may be *qhlred. to onower in 4omages for 8uoh tort. (Qltlag oa8e8 l akbll8hlng the lla~ltlty oi Oitik8 for tort8 oommItted.WhllO engage4 in &On-goVerIb aentel: aotlvitieol .

"The oonduotlng 02 pub110 8oh0018 18 in’ our opi.nion the exerol8e or h govenumnt81 Pub110 8oho0~ are ooaduoted for the powr.~, benefit Or the entire 8t8te by 6 gOwXBWntti agenoy an4 lt matters not whether auoh: 8ahools *4 Hon. T. M. Thimble, April 14, 1959, Page 4

are oonduoted by the tNstse8 of a aeon

so)1001 dietriot or trustee-s or en lndepen- dent district. It is not a run0ti0n uuder- taken for the private adrautege and enzi,it of the loaellty end its inhabitants. .

when employees or the Viotorla Inde- pendent School District plauted the llgustrum tree near and under the buttress on the left side or the rront step8 or the AUtahell sohool bull4lngau4uhen theyprune4aultriaPldthe t~thO~ltUO~ddin6-td?MO- tlon~M6 had mot alme Mid0 a08 the Ml?

~;l~8C+h 8"h"l end bOOWe ““6 in . ruMtl@n or loeal~lntuaot oaly. U~O~~8~~,mlavt~rr8~~~~6- .ingmnd8obol6rou8dsenalfl8Mth4bat y that than eoIaqtin&88h*@ duld

a&Ural llko to bomtiry t&s 88uol 'garm4r bF amt4 . . . ,, troe8 enddtrubo undw8~~~ia(cto~hora~-. ., fbatUhO~~&8Oth~hU@dMdOMdth~~'. ... ~~~8Oof,taith~~~dacrtionin.Uu- .~ .,,... ;.: *. ,.. ':.

Weals0 wilyour 6ttamtlea~te 848.0. L. pafgm 604 Ssotio~ 66, WhiOh dieOUMe8 tb lhbbllity Of ~dUhaO1~ di8Criot8 for a&lone ifmu ia t8z-t an4 to thw8pealal-,

act creating the T8xarksna Iadop8ndent Sob001 Dlstriot, Aate 26th. L8&latlu8, 3rd. c. S. Sp8ufal T.au8, oh.91, p. S3, seotlon e8, provide8 in part as tollowa: shrill ‘Said ind8p8IId8h 8uh001 dietdot

not be liable ror damgem or any kind to any per8011 or penon lnjnnd or killed on the’ or predsea eontrolled by said board, prOp8TtJ' or under the jurPisdlrtloo thereof." ,

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