Legal Opinion

McLaughlin v. Smith

Texas Supreme Court

Decided June 19, 1912No. 2430PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Questions certified from the Court of Civil Appeals, Seventh District, in an appeal from Crosby County.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brown

The certificate in this case is so utterly wanting in compliance with the rules for preparing such that this court would not consider it but for the public interests involved and the character of the case it involves, which might become more complicated should this court dismiss the certificate.

We expressly state that this shall not be regarded as a precedent.

By an Act approved February 19, 1909, the Legislature of this State enacted a law from which we copy the following:

“Sec. 50. It shall be the duty of the county commissioner’s courts of all organized counties, not already subdivided, to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Sansom v. MercerTexas Supreme Court · 1887
  2. People Ex Rel. Reynolds v. . Common CouncilNew York Court of Appeals · 1893

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Stovall v. ShiversTexas Supreme Court · 1937
  2. City of Houston v. LittleCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
  3. Wilmarth v. ReaganTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
  4. Dubose v. WoodsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
  5. County School Trustees of Callahan County v. District Trustees of Dist. No. 15Court of Appeals of Texas · 1946

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