Legal Opinion

Slaughter v. Cooper

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 22, 1909PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Martin County. Tried below before Hon. Bailey Anderson.

1Opinion of the Court

SPEER, Associate Justice.

This is the second appeal in this case, the opinion in the former appeal having been delivered by the Court of Civil Appeals for the Sixth District and reported in 107 S. W., 897. A reference to that opinion will disclose the nature of the case.

While the cause is now to be affirmed, yet we deem it proper to say in passing that we are not quite prepared to assent to the rule announced by Hr. Justice Levy in that opinion, that “the title to the land in this case had not so far passed out of the State as to make the land the subject matter of private contract between…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Lamb v. JamesTexas Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Smithers v. LowranceTexas Supreme Court · 1906
  3. Rayner Cattle Co. v. BedfordTexas Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Williams v. FinleyTexas Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Howard v. McKenzieTexas Supreme Court · 1880

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. McLean v. MorrowCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1940
  2. Jaramillo v. State Ex Rel. Board of County Com'rsNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1926
  3. Lefeyvre v. JacksonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911
  4. Fort Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1925
  5. Lefeyvre v. JacksonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911

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