Benoit v. Wilson

Decided May 9, 1951. Clyde E. Smith wrote the opinion for the court.

239 S.W.2d 792 · Cited 549 times

Official text

Read the full opinion (CourtListener)

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Burlington-Rock Island Railroad v. Ellison · 140 Tex. 353
• Bowles v. Bourdon · 148 Tex. 1
• Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co. · 321 U.S. 29
• City of Houston v. Quinones · 177 S.W.2d 259
• London Terrace, Inc. v. McAlister · 180 S.W.2d 619
• Lockley v. Page · 180 S.W.2d 616
• Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. of California v. Schlakzug · 183 S.W.2d 709
• International-Great Northern Railroad v. Hawthorne · 116 S.W.2d 1056
• Houston Gas & Fuel Co. v. Perry · 79 S.W.2d 623
• Henwood v. Neal · 198 S.W.2d 125

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• Navasota Resources, Ltd. v. Heep Petroleum, Inc. · 212 S.W.3d 463
• Turner v. KTRK Television, Inc. · 38 S.W.3d 103
• Thornton v. Rains · 299 S.W.2d 287
• Xenos Yuen v. Fisher · 227 S.W.3d 193
• EL PASO HEALTHCARE SYSTERM, LTD. v. Piping Rock Corp. · 939 S.W.2d 695
• Texas Farmers Insurance Co. v. Soriano · 844 S.W.2d 808
• Provident American Insurance Co. v. Castaneda · 914 S.W.2d 273
• Miller v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · 918 S.W.2d 658
• University of Texas System v. Schieffer · 588 S.W.2d 602
• Parker v. Seligman & Latz, Inc. · 429 S.W.2d 159
• Lozano v. Lozano · 52 S.W.3d 141
• Hill v. Heritage Resources, Inc. · 964 S.W.2d 89
• Lawson-Avila Construction, Inc. v. Stoutamire · 791 S.W.2d 584
• CH Leavell & Co. v. Vilbig Bros., Inc. · 335 S.W.2d 211
• Williams v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co. · 804 S.W.2d 132
• Bard v. Charles R. Myers Insurance Agency, Inc. · 811 S.W.2d 251
• Spring Creek Village Apartments Phase V, Inc. v. General Star Indemnity Co. · 261 S.W.3d 206
• C. H. Leavell & Co. v. Vilbig Bros. · 335 S.W.2d 211
• Dagley v. Thompson · 156 S.W.3d 589
• Jones v. State · 944 S.W.2d 642
• Santellan v. State · 939 S.W.2d 155
• McGalliard v. Kuhlmann · 722 S.W.2d 694
• Texas Workers' Compensation Commission v. Garcia · 893 S.W.2d 504
• Spoljaric v. Percival Tours, Inc. · 708 S.W.2d 432
• Dyson v. Olin Corp. · 692 S.W.2d 456

Explore from here

Clyde E. Smith’s Judicial Record · Tex. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).