Legal Opinion

Bullard v. Thompson

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1872PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from Matagorda. Tried below before the Hon. Geo. W. Smith. This suit was brought in the year 1855, and tried in the court below at the Spring Term, 1859. It was strongly contested, and the record is quite voluminous. The facts, however, on which the rulings of this court depend, are few and simple, and are clearly stated in the opinion. The present decision was made upon a rehearing, and upon able and elaborate arguments of counsel.

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Appeal from Matagorda. Tried below before the Hon. Geo. W. Smith. This suit was brought in the year 1855, and tried in the court below at the Spring Term, 1859. It was strongly contested, and the record is quite voluminous. The facts, however, on which the rulings of this court depend, are few and simple, and are clearly stated in the opinion. The present decision was made upon a rehearing, and upon able and elaborate arguments of counsel. As the present opinion makes repeated reference to the one delivered by Chief Justice Morrill on the original submission of the cause, the latter document…

1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.

This case was decided at the Galveston Term, 1870. The opinion was delivered by Chief Justice Morrill, and is recorded at pages 475, 476, 477 and 478 of Opinion Book. A rehearing was subsequently .granted, and the cause was reargued by counsel for appellee, and submitted by both parties at the last term •of the court.

We do not feel it incumbent upon us to enter into a lengthy discussion of the questions raised upon the record, believing, as we all do, that the case was correctly decided in the opinion alluded to. We think it immaterial to determine whether the notes were made in New York or…

2Cited by11 opinions

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  2. Dawson v. BurrusSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
  3. Lubbock Hotel Co. v. Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
  4. Lanier v. Union Mortgage, Banking & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1897
  5. Bigelow v. BurnhamSupreme Court of Iowa · 1891

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