Legal Opinion
Snyder v. Compton
Texas Supreme Court
Decided December 10, 1894No. 215PublishedCited by 54 opinions
Certified Questions from Court of Civil Appeals for Third District, in an appeal from District Court of Coke County.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
The following questions are certified for our determination by the Court of Civil Appeals of the Third Supreme Judicial District:
“1. Is so much of the Act of July 14, 1879, entitled, ‘An act to provide for the sale of a portion of the unappropriated public lands of the State of Texas and the investment of the proceeds of such sale’ (Laws Called Session Sixteenth Legislature, p. 48), and the Act of March 11, 1881 (Laws Seventeenth Legislature, p. 24), amendatory of the aforesaid act, as attempts to create a reservation, obnoxious to section 35, article 3, of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- People ex rel. Drake v. MahaneyMichigan Supreme Court · 1865
- Swartwout v. Michigan Air Line RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
- Johnson v. Martin, Wise & FitzhughCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
- Shields v. BennettWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1874
- Davey v. County of GalvestonTexas Supreme Court · 1876
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3Cited by54 opinions
- Federal Crude Oil Co. v. Yount-Lee Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1932
- Yelle v. BishopWashington Supreme Court · 1959
- Doeppenschmidt v. I. G.N.R.R. Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1907
- Spokane Grain & Fuel Co. v. LyttakerWashington Supreme Court · 1910
- Underwriters v. Kirby Lumber Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1924
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