Legal Opinion
W. L. Slayton & Co. v. Panola County
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided March 3, 1922PublishedCited by 11 opinions
In Equity. Suit by W. L. Slayton & Co. against Panola County, Tex., with which was consolidated a suit by the county against said company" and others.
1Opinion of the Court
ESTES, District Judge.
On May 8, 1916, at a regular term of the commissioners’ court of Panola county, Tex., the following entry was made on the minutes of the court:
“It is ordered that the clerk issue scrip against the permanent improvement fund, in amount of $160,000 bearing interest at 6 per cent., as follows, to wit:
Date. To Whom. Purpose. Int. ■ Amt.
3/l/’13. Jones Bros. Co. Courthouse. 6%. $80,000.
4/3/’16. Pauley Jail Co. Jail Repr. 6%. 50,000.
4/3/’16. Greenburgh Const. Co. Courthouse. 6%. 30,000.”
On the same date a resolution or order was entered, which provided in its caption for the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Illinois Trust & Savings Bank v. City of Arkansas CityCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1896
- Litchfield v. BallouSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Lasater v. LopezTexas Supreme Court · 1919
- City of Tyler v. L. L. Jester & Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1904
- Ault v. Hill CountyTexas Supreme Court · 1909
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Payne v. First Nat. Bank of ColumbusTexas Commission of Appeals · 1927
- Scott County v. Advance-Rumley Thresher Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923
- Grimes County v. W. L. Slayton & Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1924
- City of Dublin v. H. B. Thornton & Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1933
- City of Gainesville v. Brown-Crummer Inv. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1927
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