Legal Opinion

Contreras v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 27, 1931No. 14127PublishedCited by 16 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for theft, punishment being two years in the penitentiary.

The indictment contained three counts, the first charging by the usual averments the theft by appellant of $66 from Augustin Leal. This count only was submitted.

The facts upon which the conviction rests may be briefly stated as follows: T. T. Taylor had the general agency of the National Standard Life Insurance Company and of the Kansas City Life Insurance Company with headquarters in San Antonio. Appellant was a sub-agent of Taylor’s. During the year 1929 appellant wrote seven life insurance policies in…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Deblanc v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
  2. Anderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1915
  3. Rundell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  4. Martin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. People v. AshleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
  2. Sherman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933
  3. Bomar v. Insurors Indemnity & InsuranceTexas Supreme Court · 1951
  4. Haley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1934
  5. Whitehead v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1945

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