Legal Opinion

L. E. Whitham & Co. v. Briggs' Estate

Texas Commission of Appeals

Decided March 22, 1933No. 1645—6081PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARVEY, Presiding Judge.

This suit was brought by Mrs. Nora Briggs against B. E. Whitham & Co. to clear her title to two city lots of the cloud alleged to be cast by a paving lien claimed by the company. As ground for such relief she alleged that the two lots constituted her homestead, and she was actually residing there when the paving proceedings occurred and the paving lien was declared. The Whitham Company ■set up in its answer a cross-action in which it sought recovery on the paving certificate held by the company, with foreclosure of the paving lien on said lots. The trial court gave…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Roco v. GreenTexas Supreme Court · 1878
  2. L. E. Whitham v. BriggsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1931

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. In the Matter of Roy Stewart Nunnally, Bankrupt. Mary Elizabeth Nunnally, Appellant-Cross v. Roy Stewart Nunnally, Appellee-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  2. Gilmore v. DennisonTexas Supreme Court · 1938
  3. Franklin Fire Ins. Co. v. ShadidTexas Commission of Appeals · 1934
  4. Campbell v. First Nat. Bank in LubbockCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
  5. Meadows v. RussellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1947

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