Legal Opinion

Moore v. Commissioners Court of McCulloch County

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 4, 1951No. 9951PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ARCHER, Chief Justice.

This is a suit instituted by W. R. Moore, as plaintiff, against the Commissioners Court of McCulloch County, Parker Pum-phrey and three other individuals, and the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company, as defendants, filed on March 10, 1950, and involves the authority of the Commissioners Court of McCulloch County to close a portion of the old Brady-Brownf-wood Public Road.

The plaintiff owns and has owned since 1907 a tract of 77 acres fronting on the road and has as a part of its calls in its field notes a call for this road. Plaintiff alleged use of the road for…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Powell v. Houston & Texas Central RailroadTexas Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Harris County v. BassettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1940
  3. Commissioners' Court of Harris County v. KaiserCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1929
  4. Kirby v. Transcontinental Oil Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1930
  5. Meyer v. Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1932

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Smith County v. ThorntonTexas Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Okemo Mountain, Inc. v. Town of LudlowSupreme Court of Vermont · 2000
  3. Shelton v. KalbowCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
  4. Compton v. ThackerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1971
  5. George Hanks v. Kenneth Smith, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2001

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