Legal Opinion
Perry Bros. Variety Stores v. Layton
Texas Supreme Court
Decided March 12, 1930No. 5444PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Judge HARVEY
delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.
The Court of Civil Appeals at Beaumont has submitted the following certificate and certified question:
“In obedience to Your Honor’s writ of mandamus in this cause, we make the.following statement of the nature and result of this suit as a basis for the question of law hereinafter propounded.
“This was an action brought by Mrs. Grace L. Layton, joined pro forma by her husband, Virgil Layton, against Perry Bros. Variety Stores, Inc., for recovery of damages for slander. Mrs. Layton, in her petition, alleged…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. RichmondTexas Supreme Court · 1889
- International & G. N. R. Co. v. EdmundsonTexas Commission of Appeals · 1920
- Simmons v. DicksonTexas Supreme Court · 1920
3Cited by22 opinions
- Burch v. Coca-Cola Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Floyd E. McDowell v. The State of Texas, Texas Board of Mental Health and Mental RetardationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Mitre v. Brooks Fashion Stores, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1992
- Thomas-Smith v. MacKin, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2007
- Arant v. JaffeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968
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