Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. State of Texas
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before Hon. B. E. Brooks. The following were among the assignments of error urged by appellant : “31. The Court erred in admitting, over the objections of -defendant, the testimony of W. 0. Dugger, to the effect that this defendant’s agent at Galveston, Arthur M Finlay, had never objected to any of the acts of said Dugger, done in obedience to the instructions of Waggoner and other agents, all as shown by exceptions duly reserved in the…
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Appeal from Travis. Tried below before Hon. B. E. Brooks. The following were among the assignments of error urged by appellant : “31. The Court erred in admitting, over the objections of -defendant, the testimony of W. 0. Dugger, to the effect that this defendant’s agent at Galveston, Arthur M Finlay, had never objected to any of the acts of said Dugger, done in obedience to the instructions of Waggoner and other agents, all as shown by exceptions duly reserved in the statement of facts.” “36. The court erred in refusing to admit in evidence the testimony of William Grice, for this defendant,…
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Chief Justice.
The object of this suit, the laws under which it is brought, and the issues involved, are so accurately stated in the admirable charge of the trial court, that we set it out in full, as. giving all the information needed upon these questions.
“1. This is a suit by the State of Texas, as plaintiff, against the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, a private corporation, and E. T. Hathaway, William Grice, F. A. Austin, J. W. Keenan, and Lewis Fries, as defendants, to cancel the permit of said Waters-Pierce Oil Company to do business in this State and to enjoin all of said defendants…
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