Legal Opinion

Head v. City of Gainesville

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 16, 1923No. 2749PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

* Writ of error dismissed for want of jurisdiction October 24, 1923. We doubt if appellee in its petition stated a cause of action, arising on the contract set out above, against the construction company. Of course, if it did not, the judgment should be reversed so far as it was against appellants, even if they were liable as sureties for a failure of the construction company to perform its obligation under said contract. Article 1827, Vernon's Ann.Civ. Statutes 1918 Supp.; American Bonding Trust Co. v. Garrett, 61 Tex. Civ. App. 454, 129 S.W. 298; Texas Auto Supply Co. v. Magnolia Petroleum…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Beams v. BeamsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
  2. Texas Auto & Supply Co. v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1917
  3. American Bonding & Trust Co. v. GarrettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1910
  4. Ricks v. PinsonTexas Supreme Court · 1858

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. City of Gainesville v. Brown-Crummer Investment Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
  2. Morgan v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1927
  3. City of Gainesville v. Brown-Crummer Inv. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1927
  4. Missouri Pacific R.R. Co. Thompson, Trustee v. ReedSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1942

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