Legal Opinion

Cotulla State Bank v. Herron

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 10, 1918No. 6020PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from Dimmit County Court; Covey C. Thomas, Special Judge. Action by the Cotulla State Bank against H. A. Herron and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

FLY, O. J.

This is a suit instituted by appellant to set aside a judgment in cause 197 on the docket of the county court of Dimmit county, wherein H. A. Herron was plaintiff, and A. A. Luther, and appellant and another bank were defendants, and to enjoin the issuance of an execution therein; the sole ground for declaring said judgment void being the disqualification of J. O. Rouse, county-judge, who rendered the judgment. The ground of disqualification alleged xvas that Rouse had been, prior to institution of suit No. 197, retained and employed as an attorney by H. A. Herron, and that his fee…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. ForsythTexas Supreme Court · 1878
  2. Wolf v. MahanTexas Supreme Court · 1882

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. DeutschSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1961
  2. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. v. EarnestCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1927
  3. Pahl v. WhittCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1957
  4. State Ex Rel. Bennett v. ChildersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1940
  5. Brownlee v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 1928

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