Legal Opinion
Bowers v. Bowers
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 26, 1936No. 4646PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACKSON, Justice.
On August 2, 1934, the appellant J. Tom Bowers, individually, and by next friend, T. M. Cunningham, instituted this suit in the district court of Gray county against the appellees to recover the sum of $200,-000 which he claimed to be the reasonable-value of the services he rendered to Joe Bowers and his wife, Lizzie Bowers, by the publicity he gave to the oil and gas prospects on' their land, a ranch comprising about 3,000 acres situated in the Gray county oil field, and his assistance in securing the development of the land, the production of the oil thereon, and the sale…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Spencer v. SchellTexas Supreme Court · 1915
- Moore v. City of WacoTexas Supreme Court · 1892
- County of Harris v. GerhartTexas Supreme Court · 1926
- W., B. A. Elec. R.R. Co. v. MossCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1917
- Rose v. O'KeefeTexas Commission of Appeals · 1931
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Perry v. LittleCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1964
- Dunn v. Reliance Life & Accident Insurance Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1966
- Toland v. KaliffCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Cozby v. EdwardsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1947
- Nesbitt v. First Nat. Bank of San AngeloCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937
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