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Potter County v. C. C. Slaughter Cattle Co.

Texas Commission of Appeals

Decided October 10, 1923No. 397-3736PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHamilton, J.

On November 8, 1897, the county judge of Potter county, in conformity with an. order of the commissioners’ court of that county previously made, executed on behalf of the county an instrument purporting to be a contract of sale to R. S. Ferrell of an .option to purchase from Potter county 17,712 acres of school land situated in Cochran county.

On July 1, 1898, Potter county, through its judge, acting in obedience to an order of the commissioners’' court, executed a contract of sale of the land itself to Ferrell in language as follows:

“The State of Texas, County of Potter.
“Know all men by these…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Texas Company v. W.H. DaughertyTexas Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Mills County v. Lampasas CountyTexas Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Delta County v. BlackburnTexas Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Beer v. LandmanTexas Supreme Court · 1895
  5. Oliphant v. MarkhamTexas Supreme Court · 1891

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Williams v. WilliamsTexas Supreme Court · 1978
  2. City of Corpus Christi v. GreggTexas Supreme Court · 1956
  3. Aerojet-General Corporation v. Reubin O'DOnOvan Askew, Governor of the State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
  4. Rogers v. Wolfson, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1989
  5. Lefevere v. SearsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1981

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