Case law

Horton v. Brown

2 Tex. 79 · Texas Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1847

After this cause was argued in a manner manifesting great ability and research, and submitted to us for consideration, the opinion of the court was delivered by the chief justice in the case of The Heirs of Kinchen Holliman v.

Mills County v. Brown County

87 Tex. 475 · Texas Supreme Court · Feb 4, 1895

We think the law valid, that it embraces within its provisions Mills County, and that it confers jurisdiction over the controversy upon the District Court of Brown County. *484 2. … The effect of the decision in Mills County v. Brown County, 85Texas, 391, is to hold, that what should be a proportionate share of the liabilities was not a legislative question. But we deem this unimportant.

Martin-Brown Co. v. Wainscott

66 Tex. 131 · Texas Supreme Court · Apr 23, 1886

Brown Express Co. v. McClendon

135 Tex. 58 · Texas Supreme Court · May 15, 1940

Express, Inc., v. … Camp Drilling Company v. Steele, 109 S. W. (2d) 1038 .

Auditorial Board v. Arles

15 Tex. 72 · Texas Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1855

The most that could be claimed on a mandamus, was that the Board should act on the claim ; and the fact shown in the petition, that the claim had been acted upon by the Board, was sufficient ground on which the application … The view we have taken of the case must affirm the judgment in the case of Hill v. Shaw and Swisher, and that case is affirmed. Judgment affirmed.

Oriental Oil Co. v. Brown

130 Tex. 240 · Texas Supreme Court · Jul 28, 1937

See Murray v. State, 113 Texas Crim. Rep. 98 , 18 S. W. (2d) 921 . … Sloan & Billings v. Pasche, 153 S. W. 674 (writ refused). See also West Texas Coaches v. Madi, 26 S. W. (2d) 199 ; 26 A. L.

Auditorial Board v. Hendrick

20 Tex. 60 · Texas Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1857

Defendant in error presented to the Board an audited claim of I. W. … In the case of Auditorial Board v. Thomas B. Arles (15 Tex. R. 72,) it is said by the Court: “ The Board having acted on the claim, and the law not providing any remedy, a mandamus ought not to have issued.

City of Cleburne v. Brown

73 Tex. 443 · Texas Supreme Court · Mar 26, 1889

Brown, S. B. Allen, and B. L. … Brown.

Cooper v. Martin Brown Co.

78 Tex. 219 · Texas Supreme Court · Oct 21, 1890

Lockett & Bass being indebted to the Martin Brown Company in the sum of about $7800, and the latter having on January 28, 1887, sued on said indebtedness, garnished the Hibernia Insurance Company upon the ground of its alleged … This answer was controverted by the plaintiffs below, the Martin Brown Company, they alleging that Cooper was not the owner of said policies; that Lockett & Bass were largely indebted to them and insolvent when the transfer

Montgomery County Hospital District v. Brown

41 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 537 · Texas Supreme Court · Mar 13, 1998

The court of appeals held as a matter of law that the Hospital’s employee manual was not an employment contract as Brown claimed, Brown v. Montgomery County Hosp., 929 S.W.2d at 583 (Tex.App. … Likewise, in Hayes v.

Brown v. E. Marqueze & Co.

30 Tex. 77 · Texas Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1867

Brown and Thomas A. Brown. The plaintiff in error, John G. … Brown has been served with citation, or in any manner notified of the pendency of the suit. The return of the sheriff shows that Thomas A. Brown and John G. Brow were served with process.

Brown v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.

126 Tex. 296 · Texas Supreme Court · Jun 12, 1935

Brown, the same man to whom Hamilton Hamilton had conveyed the east 1 1/2 acres of said tract, who entered into a drilling contract with O. C. Fisher on May 4, 1933, to drill a well thereon. … In the case of Lombardo v.

Brown v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.

87 S.W.2d 1069 · Texas Supreme Court · Nov 27, 1935

Bellefonte Underwriters Insurance Co. v. Brown

29 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 227 · Texas Supreme Court · Feb 19, 1986

. *745 Wisdom, v. Smith, 146 Tex. 420 , 209 S.W.2d 164, 166 (1948); Mooers v. Richardson Petroleum Co., 146 Tex. 174 , 204 S.W.2d 606, 608 (1947). … In making this argument Brown misinterprets several cases, the most recent of which is City Products Corp. v. Berman, 610 S.W.2d 446 (Tex.1980).

Brown v. American Transfer & Storage Co.

23 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 426 · Texas Supreme Court · Jun 18, 1980

Stone v. Lawyers Title Ins. Corp., 554 S.W.2d 183 (Tex.1977); Gulf, C. *938 & S.F. Ry. Co. v. Witte, 68 Tex. 295 , 4 S.W. 490 (1887); Orgain v. Butler, 478 S.W.2d 610 (Tex.Civ.App.—Austin 1972, no writ); McPherson v. … In Harned v.

Brown v. Edwards Transfer Co., Inc.

32 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 108 · Texas Supreme Court · Dec 7, 1988

Jenkins subsequently lived with another woman, Cora Lee Brown, and they produced two offspring. Glenn Ray Brown was born in 1957, and Ricky Brown was bom in 1958. … Notwithstanding the warning and Jenkins’ own subjective awareness that the hoisting mechanism was not installed correctly, Jenkins boarded the platform.

Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Brown

58 Tex. 170 · Texas Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1882

Hays v. R. R. Co., 46 Tex., 272 ; Wallace v. Finberg, 46 Tex., 37 ; Willis & Bro. v. McNeill, decided at the present term. … In Turner v. R. R.

East Texas Fire Insurance v. Brown

82 Tex. 631 · Texas Supreme Court · Dec 22, 1891

Co. v. Lacroix, 45 Texas, 170 ; Banking Co. v. Stone, 49 Texas, 4 ; Banking Co. v. Hutchins, 53 Texas, 67 , 68. … Co. v. Coffee, 61 Texas, 287 ; Ins. Co. v. Lee, 73 Texas, 641 ; Ins. Co. v. Mattingly, 77 Texas, 162 . The charge was proper.

R. A. Brown & Co. v. Chancellor

61 Tex. 437 · Texas Supreme Court · Apr 25, 1884

Ellis v. Batts, 26 Tex., 706 ; Neil v. Keese, 5 Tex., 32 ; Scoby v. Sweatt, 28 Tex., 728 . … Ayres. v. Duprey, 27 Tex., 607 ; Grace v. Wade, 45 Tex., 527 . In Parks v.

Cities Service Oil Co. v. Brown

119 Tex. 242 · Texas Supreme Court · May 7, 1930

Strange v. General Motors Acceptance Corp., 2 S. W., (2d) 255 ; Goliad Supply Co. v. G. C. Holmes Co., 251 S. W., 286 . … Herman v. Likens, 90 Texas, 448 , 39 S. W., 282 ; Nye v. Moody, 70 Texas, 434 , 8 S. W., 606 ; Vineyard v. O’Connor, 90 Texas, 59 , 36 S. W., 424 ; Smith v. Westall, 76 Texas, 509 , 13 S. W., 540 ; 18 C.