Case law

Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Endsley

103 Tex. 434 · Texas Supreme Court · Jun 8, 1910

Justice Brown delivered the opinion of the court. … Co. v. Kizziah, 86 Texas, 81 ; Houston & T. C. R. Co. v. Barrager, 14 S. W., 242; Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. v. Thompson, 11 Texas Civ. App., 658.

Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad v. City of Dallas

623 S.W.2d 296 · Texas Supreme Court · Oct 21, 1981

Porterfield, 16 Ohio St. 2d 136 , 243 N.E.2d 87, 90 (1968); Western Maryland Ry. v. Board of Public Works, 141 W.Va. 413 , 90 S.E.2d 438, 442 (1955). … When official action of a Board of Equalization is attacked it will be presumed that such Board discharged its duty as a public agency according to law.” “4.

Hensley v. Lewis

82 Tex. 595 · Texas Supreme Court · Dec 18, 1891

Edwards v. Brown, 68 Texas, 329 ; Hill v. Moore, 62 Texas, 610 ; Pouncey v. May, 76 Texas, 565 ; Wren v. Peel, 64 Texas, 380 ; Patty v. Middleton, this day decided. There being no error, the judgment will be affirmed.

Humble Oil & Refining Company v. West

17 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 272 · Texas Supreme Court · Apr 24, 1974

See also Brown v. Smith, 141 Tex. 425 , 174 S.W.2d 43 (1943); Watkins v. Slaughter, 144 Tex. 179 , 189 S.W.2d 699 (1945). … French v. George, 159 S. W.2d 566 (Tex.Civ.App. — Amarillo 1942, writ ref’d); Brown v. Smith, supra.

Sprague v. Haines

68 Tex. 215 · Texas Supreme Court · May 3, 1887

(Dowling v. McKenney, 124 Mass., 478 ; Baxter v. Kitch, 37 Ind., 554 ; Burlingame v. Burlingame, 7 Conn., 92 ; Helm v. Logan, 4 Bibb, 78 ; Jack v. McKee, 9 Penn. St., 235.) … In Aiken v.

Standard v. Sadler

8 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 23 · Texas Supreme Court · Oct 7, 1964

As construed in Greene v. … We held in Wintermann v.

Railroad Commission v. Houston Chamber of Commerce

124 Tex. 375 · Texas Supreme Court · Jan 23, 1935

Commission v. Houston & T. C. Ry. Co., 90 Texas, 340 ; R. R. Commission v. Weld & Neville, 96 Texas, 403 ; 51 C. J., p. 12. This disposes of the first and fourth complaints above. … A locality may possess an advantage over other localities because of its location or some other reason, but, said Chief Justice Brown in R. R. Commission v.

Goode v. Jasper

71 Tex. 48 · Texas Supreme Court · Jun 5, 1888

(Edwards v. Brown and Wife, 68 Texas, 329 .) … (Shields v. Hunt, 45 Texas, 425 ; Johnson v. Timmons, 50 Texas, 537 .)

Bailey v. American General Insurance Company

154 Tex. 430 · Texas Supreme Court · May 11, 1955

(Citing and quoting from Hill v. … After quoting liberally from Hill v. Kimball and Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v.

Dunaway v. Easter

133 Tex. 309 · Texas Supreme Court · Jun 7, 1939

Jones et al v. Wynne et al (Com. App.), 133 Texas 448 , 129 S. W. (2d) 286 , 6 TSCR, 741. … Jones et al v. Wynne et al., supra; Id. 104 S. W. (2d) 143 , 2nd col. par. (1) ; Pierce v. *313 Foreign Mission Board (Com. App.), 235 S. W. 552 ; Johnson et al v. Stalcup, 74 S.

Riddle v. McKinney

67 Tex. 29 · Texas Supreme Court · Nov 23, 1886

support of the latter he alleged in his answer that, being indebted to appellee in the sum of seven hundred dollars, besides interest, appellant conveyed to him by a deed absolute on its face a certain tract of land in Brown … Section five of the Act of 1840, which is a literal copy of Article 649 of the Revised Statutes, was construed in Duncan v.

Bell Publshing Co. v. Garrett Engineering Co.

141 Tex. 51 · Texas Supreme Court · Mar 17, 1943

of Commissioners, or any other board,” power to expend the large amount involved. … Moore v. Leverett, Belo & Co. *64 v. Looney, Ferguson v. Houston Press Co., affirmed (Com. App.), and Galveston Tribune v. Johnson, 141 S. W. 302 (writ refused), all supra.

City of Fort Worth v. Burnett

131 Tex. 190 · Texas Supreme Court · Mar 18, 1938

“Within the last few days, the City Council of said City (which is a Home Rule City, operating under a Charter creating a council-manager form of government), acting with the members of the Library Board and Park Board of … Supp. 753 ; Warren v. Lyons City, 22 Iowa 351 ; Chicago v. Ward, 169 Ill. 392 , 48 N. E. 927 , 38 L. R. A. 849; McEntire v. Board of. Commissioners of El Paso County, 15 Colo. App. 78 , 61 Pac. 237 ; Melin v.

Whiteman v. Castlebury's Heirs

8 Tex. 440 · Texas Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1852

The rule and principle of law on the question presented in this case, wore discussed in tiie case of Estes v. Browning, 3 vol. Texas Reports. … Note 86. — Dunlap v. Wright, 11 T., 697; Robertson t>. Paul, 16 T., 472; Seerest v. Jones, 21 T., 121; Baker v. Rainey, 27 T., 62; Monroe v.

Driess v. Frederich

73 Tex. 460 · Texas Supreme Court · Apr 9, 1889

Brown v. Railroad Co., 66 Mo., 597 ; Littlehale v. Dix, 11 Cush., 365 .

Webb v. Western Casualty and Surety Company

18 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 149 · Texas Supreme Court · Dec 30, 1974

Dixie Motor Coach Corporation v. Galvan, 126 Tex. 109 , 86 S.W.2d 633 (1935); Hicks et al. v. Brown, 136 Tex. 399 , 151 S.W.2d 790 (1941); Northern Texas Traction Co. v. … Bowles v. Bourdon, 148 Tex. 1 , 219 S.W.2d 779 , 13 A.L.R.2d 1 (1949); Insurance Company of North America v. Myers, 411 S.W.2d 710 (Tex.1966); Parker v.

City of Corpus Christi v. City of Pleasanton

276 S.W.2d 798 · Texas Supreme Court · Mar 9, 1955

I have this to say about reaffirming the rationale of the East case, Frazier v. Brown, and Acton v. Blundell. … Bandini Petroleum Co. v. Superior Court, 284 U.S. 8 , 52 S.Ct. 103 , 76 L.Ed. 136 , 78 A.L.R. 826 ; Thompson v. Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp., 300 U.S. 55 , 57 S.Ct. 364 , 81 L.Ed. 510 ; Brown v. Humble Oil & Ref.

Drinkard v. Ingram

21 Tex. 650 · Texas Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1858

(Brown v. Jones, 1 J. J. Marsh. 470.) These are familiar doctrines, which this Court cannot fail to recognize ; and which have often been enforced by its de *654 cisions: doctrines which no one will controvert.

Richey v. Brookshire Grocery Co.

952 S.W.2d 515 · Texas Supreme Court · Oct 30, 1997

See Coniglio v. Snyder, 756 S.W.2d 743, 744 (Tex.App.—Corpus Christi 1988, writ denied); see also Ellis County State Bank v. Keever, 888 S.W.2d 790, 793-94 (Tex.1994); Browning-Ferris Indus., Inc. v. … In Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc. v.

Robinson v. Davenport

40 Tex. 333 · Texas Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1874

(Garner v. Stubblefield, 5 Texas, 552 ; Dugan’s Heirs v. Colville’s Heirs, 8 Texas, 126 ; Neatherly v. Ripley, 21 Texas, 434 ; Taylor v. Rowland, 26 Texas, 293 . … (Russell v. Mason, 8 Texas, 226 ; Gamage v. Trawick, 19 Texas, 64 ; Long v. Steiger, 8 Texas, 462 ; George v. Lemon, 19 Texas, 152 ; Anderson v. Anderson, 23 Texas, 641 ; Baldridge v. Gordon, 24 Texas, 288 ; Howard v.