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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 timesPublishedLightning 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 timesPublished917 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 timesPublished112 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 timesPublished129 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 timesPublished73 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 timesPublishedGalveston 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 timesPublished142 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 timesPublishedAllstate 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 timesPublishedTexas 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 timesPublishedGrand 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 timesPublished43 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 timesPublishedTexas & 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 timesPublished1 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 timesPublished154 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 timesPublishedRue 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 timesPublishedCounty 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 timesPublishedGulf, 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 timesPublishedSouthwestern 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 timesPublishedTexas 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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