Terrell v. Middleton
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court oí Civil Appeals for the Fourth District in an appeal from Travis County.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice HAWKINS,
concurring in the refusal of writ of error by the court, filed the following opinion:
By a mere order, and without any written opinion, on January 10, 1917, the Supreme Court refused the application of the Comptroller of Public Accounts for a writ of error in this case. In that order I ■concurred; but therein I made a notation of my intention to prepare and file a statement of my own views on the law of this case.
What is the legal effect of an order of the Supreme Court refusing a writ of error ? Hpon that point, and even among lawyers, there is quite a divergence of…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Osborn v. Bank of United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- United States v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Terrell v. MiddletonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916
- City of Austin v. McCallTexas Supreme Court · 1902
- Terrell v. SparksTexas Supreme Court · 1911
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