Legal Opinion

Wiggins v. City of Fort Worth

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided July 16, 1927No. 11842PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtConner, C. J.

Appellant, for himself and as next friend for his minor son, Jack Wiggins, instituted this suit against the appellee city for damages, on grounds hereinafter set out, and has duly prosecuted this appeal from an order sustaining the city’s general demurrer to the petition setting forth the plaintiffs’ cause of action.

In said petition, omitting formal parts, it is charged, in substance, and as quoted, that the defendant city is a municipal corporation, duly incorporated and existing under the laws of Texas, having a mayor, city council, and other officers; that the defendant, within its…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. City of Galveston v. PosnainskyTexas Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Bolster v. City of LawrenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
  3. Cornelisen v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
  4. Harper v. City of TopekaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1914
  5. Kellar v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1919

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Lewis v. City of Fort WorthTexas Supreme Court · 1936
  2. Hanks v. City of Port ArthurTexas Supreme Court · 1932
  3. Hanks v. City of Port ArthurTexas Supreme Court · 1932
  4. Braun v. Trustees of Victoria Independent School Dist.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1938
  5. City of Fort Worth v. WigginsTexas Commission of Appeals · 1928

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