Legal Opinion

Overt v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 2, 1924No. 8578PublishedCited by 22 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge.

From a conviction in the County Court of Grayson County under what may be called the Net Container Act, Chapter 53, Acts First, Second and Third Called Sessions of the thirty-eighth Legislature, appellant brings this case on appeal before us.

The chief contention rests upon an attack upon the constitutionality of said law, various grounds being set up, all of which will not be discussed or set forth, but we confine ourselves only to such questions as may be necessary to dipose of the appeal.

One of the grounds of complaint is that the law as written is oppressive and…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1907
  2. State v. DiamondNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1921
  3. Griffin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  4. Augustine v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
  5. Ex Parte SlaughterCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. VAUGHAN AND SONS INC. v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  2. State v. W. S. Buck Mercantile Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1928
  3. Stevenson v. Houston & T. C. R. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1929
  4. Ralph Williams Gulfgate Chrysler Plymouth, Inc. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1971
  5. Ex Parte PierceCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1934

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