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  • 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
  • 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
  • Wichita County, Texas v. Hart

    917 S.W.2d 779 · Texas Supreme Court · Apr 12, 1996

    See Brown v. Owens, 674 S.W.2d 748, 750 (Tex.1984). Here, the plain language of the Whistle-blower Act’s provision does not mention jurisdiction. … City of Lancaster v.

    Disagreed with by Howard W. Stanford v. Del Asmussen (2000)Cited 250 timesPublished
  • 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
  • Gulf Insurance Co. v. Gaddy

    129 Tex. 481 · Texas Supreme Court · Mar 31, 1937

    .” *486 The principal case relied upon in support of that theory of recovery is Griffin v. Palatine Ins. Co., (Com. App.) 235 S. W. 202 . We do not determine whether Gaddy pleaded a cause of action upon that theory. … agents to notify the Board of Insurance Commissioners of the withdrawal of appointment from a local recording agent.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Randolph v. State

    73 Tex. 485 · Texas Supreme Court · Apr 12, 1889

    State v. Thompson, 64 Texas, 690 . It was not necessary that the Land Board should have directed the suit to be brought against any particular person. … Jemison v. Halbert, 47 Texas, 188 . W. H.

    Cited 2 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
  • 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 .

    Cited 125 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
  • Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners, Texas Podiatric Medical Association and Bruce A. Scudday, D.P.M. v. Texas Orthopaedic Association, Texas Medical Association, and Andrew M. Kant, M.D.

    Texas Supreme Court · Jan 20, 2009

    Riggs Riggs & Aleshire, P.C. 700 Lavaca Street, Suite 920 Austin, TX 78701 RE: Case Number: 08-0485 Court of Appeals Number: 03-05-00620-CV Trial Court Number: GN204022 Style: TEXAS STATE BOARD OF … v. TEXAS ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATION, TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, AND ANDREW M. KANT, M.D.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Grand Prairie Independent School District v. Southern Parts Imports, Inc.

    813 S.W.2d 499 · Texas Supreme Court · Sep 11, 1991

    Co. v. Hernandez, 743 S.W.2d 671 (Tex.App.—El Paso 1987, writ denied) (per curiam); Plano Indep. School Dist. v. Oake, 682 S.W.2d 359 (Tex.App. … —Dallas 1984), rev'd on other grounds, 692 S.W.2d 454 (Tex.1985); Marshall v. Brown, 635 S.W.2d 578 (Tex.App.—Amarillo 1982, writ refd n.r.e.).

    Cited 189 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
  • Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Ball

    96 Tex. 622 · Texas Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1903

    BROWN, Associate Justice. George P. … Brown v. Griffin, 71 Texas, 659 . In examining this question we must accept the phase of the testimony most favorable to the plaintiff.

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • Republic of Texas v. Skidmore

    1 Dallam 581 · Texas Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1843

    The traveling board of land commissioners therefore did right in rejecting his certificate for one league and labor of land. See Board of Land Commissioners v. Walling, decided by this court in 1843. … Upon the whole, to sustain the verdict and judgment in this case would be going, in our opinion, one step further than the court went in the case of The Republic v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • City of Waxahachie v. Watkins

    154 Tex. 206 · Texas Supreme Court · Jan 19, 1955

    See City of Corpus Christi v. Jones, supra. ( 144 S.W. 2d 388 .) … That is certainly as much as could have been done by the Board of Adjustment. Moreover, before the ordinance of Feb. 5, 1952, was passed it was recommended by the Board to petitioner’s Council for passage.

    Cited 86 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
  • County of Galveston v. Galveston Gas Co.

    72 Tex. 509 · Texas Supreme Court · Jan 25, 1889

    As held on the former appeal the board of equalization had no jurisdiction to grant relief to appellee. … Glass Co. v. City of Boston, 14 Metc., 190 ; Shaw v. Inhabitants, 7 Cush., 445 ; Atwell v. Zeluff, 26 Mich., 118 .

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Crawford

    67 Tex. 692 · Texas Supreme Court · Mar 25, 1887

    This action was reported to the board of directors at a regular meeting held by them on the same day, and was ápproved and adopted by the board as its act, and all this was approved by the stockholders at a regular annual … As held at the present term in the case of the Central & Montgomery Railroad Company v.

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Hardy

    131 Tex. 573 · Texas Supreme Court · Jun 8, 1938

    In Baughn v. Platt, 123 Texas 486 , 72 S. W. (2d) 580 , an employee of an Ice Company insecurely' tied a block of ice on the running boards of a customer’s automobile. … Co. v. Stafford, (Com. App.) 53 S.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Texas Education Agency v. Leeper

    893 S.W.2d 432 · Texas Supreme Court · Mar 16, 1995

    In Oake v. … The State Board of Education and the State Board for Vocational Education are identical. Id. § 11.24.

    Cited 412 timesPublished

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