Legal Opinion

Foster v. Bourgeois

Texas Supreme Court

Decided March 12, 1924No. 4035PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Greenwood

This was an action for damages for malicious prosecutions, brought by defendant in error against plaintiff in error, resulting in a judgment for defendant in error for $2000 actual damages and $8000 exemplary damages.

On' appeal by plaintiff in error, the Honorable Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the judgment of the trial court, after refusing to consider assignments of error based on certain bills of exceptions.

The term of court at which the case was tried continued more than eight weeks. The trial court, by proper orders, extended the time for filing the bills of exceptions for seventy days…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Cooper v. YoakumTexas Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. FeltsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1910

3Cited by20 opinions

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  2. Hofer v. LavenderTexas Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Texaco, Inc. v. McEwenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962
  4. Airgas-Southwest, Inc. v. IWS Gas & Supply of Texas, Ltd.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2012
  5. Dulaney v. NeelyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1943

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