Legal Opinion

Cochran v. Carruth

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 3, 1929No. 2210PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWalthall, J.

In this case the trial court sustained a demurrer to appellant’s petition, and dismissed their suit, holding that the petition shows on its face that the alleged cause of action accrued more than two years from the date of the filing of plaintiff’s first amended original petition.

Practically the only question in its final analysis presented here is whether plaintiffs’ amended petition set up a new or different cause of action from the cause of action pleaded in their original petition.

On the 17th day of June, 1925, plaintiffs, H. W. Cochran and wife, Eva Cochran, filed their suit in the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Phoenix Lumber Co. v. Houston Water Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1901
  2. Flint & Walling Manufacturing Co. v. BeckettIndiana Supreme Court · 1906
  3. Thouvenin v. LeaTexas Supreme Court · 1863
  4. Pope v. Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1918
  5. American Salt Co. v. HeidenheimerTexas Supreme Court · 1891

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Southern Surety Co. of New York v. First State Bank of MarquezCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
  2. Hunt v. WroeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1939
  3. Burkholder v. HendersonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936

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