Legal Opinion

Collins v. Griffith

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 5, 1938No. 4954PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JACKSON, Chief Justice.

The appellee, Lula Hill Griffith, a widow, instituted this suit on June 13, 1935 in the District Court of Garza County against the appellants, Alex Collins, J. Willis Johnson, H. E. Jackson, J. S. Hix-son and George E. Webb, executors and trustees under the wills of J. M. Shannon, deceased, and his wife, Margaret A. Shannon, deceased, to recover an undivided one-sixth interest in about -210 tracts of land consisting of approximately 140,-000-acres situated in Crockett, Scurry and Garza Counties, Texas, and some town lots in the city of San Angelo in Tom Green County.

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2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. American Indemnity Co. v. Ernst & ErnstCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937
  2. Cole v. NobleTexas Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Brotherton v. WeathersbyTexas Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Wilson v. SimpsonTexas Supreme Court · 1891
  5. Carlisle v. HartTexas Supreme Court · 1864

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Ruebeck v. HuntTexas Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Andretta v. WestTexas Supreme Court · 1967
  3. Kahanek v. KahanekCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1946
  4. Landram v. RobertsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1946
  5. Austin Lake Estates, Inc. v. MeyerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977

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