Legal Opinion
Pruitt v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 9, 1899No. 751PublishedCited by 32 opinions
Questions cebtified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, on error from Travis County.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
The Court of Civil Appeals for the Third Supreme Judicial District have certified to this court the following statement and questions:
“This is a suit on bond of tax collector. None of the defendants answered, and the State recovered judgment by default. Ed Pruitt, one of the defendants in the District Court, has sued out a writ of error to this, court. The suit was brought in the District Court of Travis County. Pruitt lived in Liberty County, and the citation was addressed to the sheriff of Liberty County.
“In the body of the citation, it is stated that the petition was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Durham v. BettertonTexas Supreme Court · 1891
3Cited by32 opinions
- Foster v. ChristensenTexas Commission of Appeals · 1934
- Empire Gas & Fuel Co. v. AlbrightTexas Supreme Court · 1935
- Crenshaw v. HempelCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1910
- Gutierrez v. CuellarCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
- Duke v. SpillerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1908
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