Legal Opinion
Davis v. Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Ass'n
Texas Commission of Appeals
Decided June 24, 1933No. 1177—5501PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RYAN, Judge.
Plaintiff in error sued defendant in error to recover a balance claimed to be due upon a contract of employment made with him by O. K. Bullard, Esq., its attorney, in its behalf, for services as an attorney to aid Mr. Bullard with a bill the association > desired to have enacted by the Legislature, then in session.
The trial court peremptorily instructed a verdict for plaintiff and rendered judgment accordingly. The Court of Civil Appeals ¡held the contract as pleaded to be a violation of the Lobbying Statute (article 170 et seq. of the Penal Code of 1925) and reversed the judgment…
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- Mills v. . MillsNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- Galveston County v. GreshamCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
- Hayward v. Nordberg Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1898
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