Burk Royalty Co. v. Walls

Decided May 27, 1981. Franklin S. Spears wrote the opinion for the court.

616 S.W.2d 911 · Cited 508 times

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• Sheffield Division, Armco Steel Corporation v. Jones · 376 S.W.2d 825
• Harbin v. Seale · 461 S.W.2d 591
• Roosth & Genecov Production Co. v. White · 262 S.W.2d 99
• Bowman v. Puckett · 188 S.W.2d 571
• McPhearson v. Sullivan · 463 S.W.2d 174
• Siebenlist v. Harville · 596 S.W.2d 113
• Atlas Chemical Industries, Inc. v. Anderson · 524 S.W.2d 681
• Garza v. Alviar · 395 S.W.2d 821
• Burt v. Lochausen · 249 S.W.2d 194
• Wichita Falls & Oklahoma Railway Co. v. Pepper · 135 S.W.2d 79
• Clements v. Withers · 437 S.W.2d 818
• Schiller v. Rice · 246 S.W.2d 607
• Walgreen Texas Co. v. Shivers · 137 Tex. 493
• City of Houston v. Lurie · 148 Tex. 391
• Rowan v. Allen · 134 S.W.2d 1022
• City of Fort Worth v. Lee, Guardian · 186 S.W.2d 954
• Howell v. Howell · 210 S.W.2d 978
• Fancher v. Cadwell · 314 S.W.2d 820
• Agnew v. Coleman County Electric Cooperative · 272 S.W.2d 877
• Solgaard v. Texas & New Orleans Railroad · 229 S.W.2d 777
• Brown v. American Transfer & Storage Co. · 601 S.W.2d 931
• Stone v. Lawyers Title Ins. Corp. · 554 S.W.2d 183
• Mobil Chemical Company v. Bell · 517 S.W.2d 245
• Turner v. General Motors Corp. · 584 S.W.2d 844

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