Legal Opinion
Thompson v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 5, 1942No. 5470PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACKSON, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal by J. A. Thompson from a judgment of the County Court of Wheeler County in favor of the State of Texas acting by and through the commissioners court of said county in condemning 5.91 acres of his land for highway purposes and awarding him $378.52 as compensation for the land taken and the damages to the remainder of the tract.
The appellant challenges the qualification of the county judge to preside over the condemnation proceedings because he was a party plaintiff and the judge before whom the issues were initiated and tried. We find this agreement in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Jacobs v. HawkinsTexas Supreme Court · 1884
- Commercial Standard Ins. Co. v. McGeeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1931
- Angier v. BalserCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
- Northern Texas Traction Co. v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
- Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1898
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Rio Grande Valley Gas Co. v. City of Pharr, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1997
- State v. DunlapSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966
- Gossett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Lobstein v. WatsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1945
- Burney v. IbarraCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1967
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