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  • O'Brien v. Amerman

    112 Tex. 254 · Texas Supreme Court · Dec 20, 1922

    Hence, no valid objection to the law is to be found in the authority conferred on the governing board of the city to establish and enforce rates and regulations for *260 pilotage. Wayman v. … Southard, 10 Wheat., 43 ; United States v. Ormsbee, 74 Fed., 207 ; Staples v. Llano Co., 28 S. W., 571 ; 12 C. J., 847.

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Turner v. Pruitt

    161 Tex. 532 · Texas Supreme Court · Jan 25, 1961

    Wortham v. Walker, 133 Texas 255 , 128 S.W. 2d 1138,1150, 1151 ; United Production Corp. v. Hughes, 137 Texas 21 , 152 S.W. 2d 327, 331 ; State Board of Insurance v. Betts, 158 Texas 83 , 308 S.W. 2d 846, 848 . … See *535 State Board of Insurance v. Betts, 158 Texas 612 , 315 S.W. 2d 279, 286 (District Judge required to expunge orders from docket) ; Crane v.

    Cited 92 timesPublished
  • Bednarz v. State

    142 Tex. 138 · Texas Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1943

    Assn. v. Marsden, 131 Texas 256 , 114 S. W. (2d) 858 ; Southwestern Life Ins. Co. v. Powers, 132 Texas 460 , 122 S. W. (2d) 1056 ; Denison Cotton Mill Co. v. McAmis (Texas Com. App.) 215 S. W. 442 ; Texas & Pac. Ry. … Lively v. Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co., 102 Texas 545 , 120 S. W. 852 ; State v. Houser, 138 Texas 28 , 156 S. W. (2d) 968 .

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  • Casualty Insurance Co. of California v. Salinas

    160 Tex. 445 · Texas Supreme Court · Mar 9, 1960

    Justice Brown, writing for this Court, carefully considered numerous items of evidence in connection with various objections made thereto. … See, Hartt v. Yturria Cattle Co., Com. App., 228 S.W. 551 . . —In his opinion Chief Justice Brown referred to a rule adopted by the Court relating to applications for writs of error which provided that:

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Allstate Insurance Co. v. Chance

    23 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 60 · Texas Supreme Court · Nov 7, 1979

    The Supreme Court wrote in Crisp v. … Also see Brown v. Frontier Theatres, Inc., 369 S.W.2d 299 (Tex.1963), and Mew v. J & C Galleries, 564 S.W.2d 377 (Tex.1978).

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • J. Weingarten, Inc. v. Moore

    13 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 146 · Texas Supreme Court · Jan 14, 1970

    Garza v. Alviar, 395 S.W.2d 821 (Tex.Sup. 1965) ; Wagner v. Foster, 161 Tex. 333 , 341 S.W.2d 887 (1960). … Hicks v. Brown, 135 Tex. 399 , 151 S.W.2d 790 (1941). The judgment below against J. Wein-garten, Inc. is affirmed. The cause is severed as to Paul W.

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Trimble v. Administrator of Smithers

    1 Tex. 790 · Texas Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1846

    Smith v. United States, 10 Pet. 332 -5; Buyck v. The United States, 15 id. 215; O’Hara v. United States, id. 275; United States v. Delespine, id. 319; United States v. Miranda, 16 id. 153. … In Choteau v. Exkhart, they sanction the principles of the decisions of the supreme court of Missouri, in Byrd v. Montgomery, 6 Mo. 514 ; and Mackay v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Consolidated Independent School District v. Texas Political Subdivisions Property/Casualty Joint Self-Insurance Fund

    50 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 344 · Texas Supreme Court · Dec 29, 2006

    See Harris County Flood Control Dist. v. … As the Fund has acknowledged, its members elect a governing board, and a board subcommittee resolves claims disputes. To that extent, at least, the Fund’s members provide services to the Fund.

    Cited 313 timesPublished
  • Galveston City Co. v. City of Galveston

    56 Tex. 486 · Texas Supreme Court · Mar 17, 1882

    Before a deed was made to the city for the property bought at tax sale, the appellant, through its agent, addressed to the mayor and board of aldermen of the city the following communication: “ To the Hon. the Mayor and Board … In the case of Railroad Co. v. Cummins, 98 U. S. S.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Patton v. Nicholas

    154 Tex. 385 · Texas Supreme Court · Jun 1, 1955

    Co. v. Milan, 17 S.W. 2d 844, 846-7 ; Prairie Lea Production Co. v. Tiller, 286 S.W. 638 , and Berkshire Petroleum Corp. v. Moore, 268 S.W. 484 , while Falfurrias Immigration Co. v. Spielhagen, 61 Texas Civ. … Co. v. Crawford, 45 S.W. 738 ; Williams v. Watt, 171 S.W. 266, 268 ; Toomey v. First Mortgage Trust Co., 177 S.W. 539, 541 ; Burnett v. Smith, 240 S.W. 1007, 1009 ; Yount v. Fagin, 244 S.W. 1036, 1039 ; and State v.

    Cited 49 timesPublished
  • Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corp. v. Glen Ridge I Condominiums, Ltd.

    31 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 294 · Texas Supreme Court · Mar 30, 1988

    On March 14, 1984, Empire was declared insolvent by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (“FHLBB”). … Summertree Venture III v. Federal Savings & Loan Ins. Corp., 742 S.W.2d 446, 453 (Tex.App. Houston [14th Dist.] 1987, writ denied); Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc. v.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Gilbert Kerlin, Individually, Gilbert Kerlin, Trustee, Windward Oil & Gas Corp., and Pi Corp. v. Concepcion Sauceda

    Texas Supreme Court · Mar 10, 2006

    Claudia Wilson Frost Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw, LLP 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 3600 Houston, TX 77002-2730 Mr. Britton D. Monts Monts & Ware, L.L.P. 1701 North Market, Suite 330 Dallas, TX 75202 Mr. Hector H. … v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Stockwell v. State

    110 Tex. 550 · Texas Supreme Court · May 12, 1920

    Other authorities are People v. Board of Health, 140 N. Y., 1 , 37 Am. St. Rep., 522 , 23 L. R. A., 481, 35 N. E., 320 ; Hutton v. City of Camden, 10 Vroom, 122 (39 N. J. Law), 23 Am. Rep., 203 ; First Natl. Bank of Mt. … Vernon v. Sarlls, 129 Ind., 201 , 13 L. R. A., 421, 28 Am. St. Rep., 185 , 28 N. E., 434 ; Tiedeman’s Limitations of Police Power, sec. 122a.

    Cited 61 timesPublished
  • In Re Vesta Insurance Group, Inc.

    192 S.W.3d 759 · Texas Supreme Court · Mar 17, 2006

    In re Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., 166 S.W.3d 732, 741 (Tex.2005); see also Weekley, 180 S.W.3d at 131 . … See, e.g., Grigson v.

    Cited 269 timesPublished
  • Lightning Oil Co. v. Anadarko E&P Onshore, LLC

    60 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 997 · Texas Supreme Court · May 19, 2017

    Brown v. Humble Oil & Ref. Co., 126 Tex. 296 , 83 S.W.2d 935, 940 (Tex. 1935). … See Coastal Oil, 268 S.W.3d at 15 ; Brown, 83 S.W.2d at 944-45 .

    Cited 247 timesPublished
  • Crane County v. Bates

    126 Tex. 470 · Texas Supreme Court · Jan 29, 1936

    No. 75 v. Farmers’ State Bank, 182 Minn., 381 , 234 N. W., 594 ; Board of Commissioners v. Citizens Bank, 67 Minn., 236 , 69 N. W., 912 ; School District No. 18 v. Stomberg, 61 N. D., 6 , 236 N. … W., 728 ; County of Emmons v. Kleppe, 61 N. D., 536 , 238 N. W., 651 ; Equitable S. Co. v. Board of Finance of Jackson Tp., 186 Ind., 650 , 117 N. E., 860 . In our opinion those cases announce the correct rule.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Stell v. Paschal

    41 Tex. 640 · Texas Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1874

    (Gillies v. Wofford, 26 Tex., 76 ; Brown, Adm’r, v. Tyler, 34 Tex., 168 ; Bell v. Cunningham, 3 *645 Pet., 69 ; Concord v. Pacif. Ins. Co., 6 Peters, 262, 287 ; Sedg. on Dam., 615.)

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Rue v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.

    74 Tex. 474 · Texas Supreme Court · May 15, 1888

    There is no pretense that Talmage ever had any express authority, by resolution of the board of directors or otherwise, to make the lease. … Laws, 174, 175, note a; Matthews v. Skinner, 62 Mo., 331 ; Black v. Canal Co., 22 N. J. Eq., 422.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • McIlhenny v. M. C. Lee & Co.

    43 Tex. 205 · Texas Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1875

    (Turner v. Brown, 7 Tex., 489 .) The amended petition enlarged the prayer for relief, but this was not a statement of a new cause of action. (Chapman v. Sneed, 17 Tex., 428 .) … (Pridgen v. McLean, 12 Tex., 420 .) In Thouvenin v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Dudding v. Automatic Gas Co.

    145 Tex. 1 · Texas Supreme Court · Mar 20, 1946

    Thompson Scenic Railway Company v. McCabe, 211 Mich. 133 , 178 N. … Among them are Ferris v. Wilbur (C. C. A. 4th), 27 Fed. (2d) 262; Atchison T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Armstrong, 71 Kan. 366 , 80 Pac. 978 , 1 L. R. A. (N. S.) 113, 114 Am. St. Rep. 474 ; Levin v.

    Cited 29 timesPublished

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