Legal Opinion
State v. Merrill
Texas Supreme Court
Decided April 20, 1960No. A-7665PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Smith
This suit was brought by the State on behalf of the Texas State Parks Board seeking a permanent injunction to restrain the respondents from padlocking gates leading into a portion of the State Park in the Davis Mountains. The land involved is a 1340-acre tract out of a 1540-acre tract near Fort Davis in Jeff Davis County. The Park is located on the highway leading from Fort Davis to the McDonald Observatory. This tract was leased on January 18, 1934 to the State for “park purposes” for a term of 99 years by respondents’ predecessors in title. The respondents asserted the right and necessity…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- City of Wichita v. ClappSupreme Court of Kansas · 1928
- State v. ReasbySupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
- Golf View Realty Co. v. City of Sioux CitySupreme Court of Iowa · 1936
- Booth v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1925
- Rivet v. BurdickAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
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3Cited by4 opinions
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