Legal Opinion

Tinsley v. Dowell

Texas Supreme Court

Decided May 14, 1894No. 124PublishedCited by 55 opinions

Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. Justice Key did not sit in this case in the Court of Civil Appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, Associate Justice.

suit was instituted in the District

Court of Travis County, by Dowell, to recover from Tinsley damages for a refusal to comply with a contract for the sale of certain lands made by Dowell to Tinsley, the land being the property of C. M. Rogers and his wife, M. A. Rogers, and placed in the hands of Dowell for sale under a contract set out in the petition, which will appear in the statement of the contents of the petition.

Defendant filed a general demurrer and special exceptions to the petition, which were by the court overruled. Upon a trial judgment was rendered for…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Hunt v. Rousmanier's AdministratorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
  2. Medlenka v. DowningTexas Supreme Court · 1883
  3. Chambers v. SeaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
  4. Groover, Stubbs & Co. v. Warfield & WayneSupreme Court of Georgia · 1874
  5. Frazier v. Moore's Adm'rTexas Supreme Court · 1854

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3Cited by55 opinions

  1. Lubbock Feed Lots, Inc., and Lockney Cooperative Gin v. Iowa Beef Processors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  2. Avco Corp., Textron Lycoming Reciprocating Engine Division of Avco Corp. v. Interstate Southwest, Ltd., Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2008
  3. Elizondo v. TEXAS NAT. RESOURCE CONS. COM'N, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1998
  4. Rodarte v. Investeco Group, L.L.C., Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2009
  5. Perry v. Breland, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2000

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