Legal Opinion

State v. Hale

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided July 1, 1936No. 8186PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McClendon, chief justice.

This suit was brought by Hale and wife (appellees) against the state and the state highway commission (appellants), undcr chapter 72, p. 160, Special Laws 42d Leg., Reg.Sess.1931. The caption of the act reads: “An Act giving to W. S. Hale and wife, Mary D. Hale, consent of the Legislature to sue the State of Texas and State Highway Commission for damages resulting from the construction of State Highway No. 43 through Leon County, Texas; and declaring an emergency.”

The pertinent provisions of the act are sections 1 and 2, which read:

“Section 1. That the consent of the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  2. Jacobs v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  3. Brooks-Scanlon Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  4. Phelps v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  5. United States v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1921

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. State v. HaleTexas Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Milam County v. AkersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1944
  3. City of Austin v. HowardCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
  4. City of Temple v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1944
  5. State v. MaloneCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1943

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