Opinion

Alexander v. State

  • 84 Tex. Crim. 75
  • 204 S.W. 644
  • 1918 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 300
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Filed
May 1, 1918
Status
Published
On the bench
Davidson, Gaines, Prendergast
Cited by
16 cases

"In the absence of any direct judicial interpretation of the language under construction, the use of these phrases in substantially the same connection, where their meaning is undisputed, would seem to afford the best guide as to the legislative intent”

How later courts described this case

  • "In the absence of any direct judicial interpretation of the language under construction, the use of these phrases in substantially the same connection, where their meaning is undisputed, would seem to afford the best guide as to the legislative intent”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

I agree to reversal but do not concur on first proposition in opinion.

MORROW, JUDGE, not sitting. *Page 84

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