Legal Opinion

Texas Western Railway Co. v. Gentry

Texas Supreme Court

Decided February 7, 1888No. 2381PublishedCited by 68 opinions

Error from Harris. Tried below before the Hon. James Masterson.

1Opinion of the Court

Gaines, Associate Justice.

The defendant in error, Mary F. Gentry^ as administratrix of the estate of A. M. Gentry, deceased, brought this suit against the plaintiff "in error, a railroad corporation organized under the general laws of this State, alleging in substance, that her intestate in his lifetime entered into a contract with one Honoré by which he agreed to transfer to the latter the property and franchises of The Texas Western Narrow Guage Railway Company, free from all incumbrances; *628that Honoré, in consideration of the transfer, was to pay her intestate certain sums in cash, and to…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. County of Harris v. CampbellTexas Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Thompson v. LambertSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
  3. Piedmont & Arlington Life Insurance v. RayTexas Supreme Court · 1878
  4. Thompson v. CartwrightTexas Supreme Court · 1846
  5. Southern Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. LanierSupreme Court of Florida · 1853

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3Cited by68 opinions

  1. City of Austin v. CahillTexas Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Bond v. Terrell Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Cleveland & Cameron v. HeidenheimerTexas Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Wood & Kinkaid v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1897
  5. Continental Supply Co. v. Forrest E. Gilmore Co. of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932

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