Legal Opinion

Bandy v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 4, 1942No. 21963PublishedCited by 5 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the willful burning of the Liberty School house in Falls County, and by the jury given a sentence of two years in the penitentiary.

We think the facts were sufficient to show that enough of the fire had been communicated to the structure of the building upon which to base a finding of arson upon the part of the jury.

It appears that the ownership of this building was alleged to have been in three trustees, Luther Kilgore, A. E. Feind and M. A. Phelps, and it was shown to have been intended to allege such ownership because of the fact that they were…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Franklin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
  2. Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1901
  3. Grantham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
  4. Hardeman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Corwin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  2. White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956
  3. Bell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1944
  4. Corwin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  5. McCallister v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1984

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