Legal Opinion
City of Fort Worth v. Burnett
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 18, 1938No. 13814PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In the year 1919, S. B. Burnett, a wealthy citizen of the City of Fort Worth, Tex., executed and delivered to said city a deed using the following language:
"Know All Men By These Presents: Having now passed the age of three score and ten, sensible of the advantages it will confer on the community and desirous of contributing something out of my fortune while yet I am alive to the welfare and happiness of the people among whom I dwell and as a visible expression of the love and affection I bore to my two children, Anne and Burk, in their lifetime, I, S. B. Burnett, of the City of Fort Worth,…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Williams v. . GallatinNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Wolf v. BrassTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- Lamar County v. ClementsTexas Supreme Court · 1878
- City of Chicago v. WardIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Warren v. MayorSupreme Court of Iowa · 1867
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. LuckieCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1955
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- Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion, Texas Attorney General Reports1941
- Voskamp v. Arnoldy, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1988
- Voskamp v. Arnoldy, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1988