Legal Opinion
Kirschke v. City of Houston
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 10, 1959No. 13484PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WERLEIN, Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing appellants’ suit upon their failure to amend after the court sustained appel-lee’s special exceptions to their petition.
Appellants sued the City of Houston to recover damages allegedly resulting from the taking, damaging or destroying for or applying to public use their lot in the City of Houston, known as 1214 Chartres Street, without adequate compensation being made, in violation of Article 1, § 17 of the Constitution of the State of Texas, Vernon’s Ann.St. and Article 1, § 19 thereof, and also in violation of the Fifth, Ninth…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Spann v. City of DallasTexas Supreme Court · 1921
- State v. HaleTexas Supreme Court · 1941
- Spann v. City of DallasTexas Supreme Court · 1921
- Chicago v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Texas Highway Department v. WeberTexas Supreme Court · 1949
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3Cited by34 opinions
- City of Austin v. TeagueTexas Supreme Court · 1978
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- Maguire Oil Co. v. City of Houston, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2002
- San Antonio River Authority v. Garrett BrothersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Howeth Investments, Inc. v. City of Hedwig Village, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2008
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