Legal Opinion
Kitchens v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 13, 1946No. 23267PublishedCited by 3 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
On February 5, 1944, J. D. Benedict was employed by the Sun Oil Company as a pumper, attending an oil well situated on Dickerson lease in the Chapel Hill oil field of Smith County. Appellant lived on a tract of land which adjoined the lease. Access to the oil well was through a wire gap, over a cattle guard or driveway, just off a public highway and near appellant’s fence line.
About dusk of the day mentioned, Benedict, driving a gray 1936 Chevrolet sedan, went to the cattle guard preparatory to entering onto the lease. Appellant, standing nearby on his own premises with a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Banks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
- Cockrell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1938
- Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
- Walker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1890
- Garrison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1942
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Johnny Richardson v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Ifedma U. Onyemachi, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2011
- State v. GilletteNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1985