Legal Opinion
Horn v. Matagorda County
Texas Commission of Appeals
Decided June 11, 1919No. 89-2898PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of First Supreme Judicial District. Action by W. R. Horn against tbe County of Matagorda and Matagorda County Road District No. 2, a road corporation. From an order of the Court of Civil Appeals (182 S. W. 76), reforming and affirming a judgment in the district court against the road corporation, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLENDON, J.
The following statement of the case is adopted from the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals:
“W. R. Horn brought this suit against Mata-gorda county, and Matagorda county road district No. 2, a road corporation, organized under, and exercising the rights and powers conferred by, article 627 of the Revised Statutes of 1911, to recover the sum of $1,885.50, for damages alleged to have been suffered by him by reason of the breach of a certain contract entered into between him and said road district for the hauling and distribution of certain mud shell upon the roads of said road district.
“Matago…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Nugent v. Board of Mississippi Levee CommissionersMississippi Supreme Court · 1880
- Matagorda County v. HornCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
3Cited by8 opinions
- Campbell Building Co. v. State Road CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1937
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- Dunn v. Fort Bend CountyDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1926
- Coryell County v. Burke & CorbettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1928
- Caldwell v. CrosserCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1928
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