Carter v. William Sommerville and Son, Inc.

Decided June 27, 1979. Sam Johnson wrote the opinion for the court.

584 S.W.2d 274 · Cited 178 times

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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.

• Parrott v. Garcia · 436 S.W.2d 897
• Rudes v. Gottschalk · 324 S.W.2d 201
• East Texas Motor Freight Lines v. Loftis · 148 Tex. 242
• Mundy v. Pirie-Slaughter Motor Co. · 146 Tex. 314
• James v. Drye · 320 S.W.2d 319
• Alphine Telephone Corp. v. McCall · 184 S.W.2d 830
• Worsham Buick Co. v. Isaacs · 51 S.W.2d 277
• Missouri Pacific Railroad v. American Statesman · 552 S.W.2d 99
• Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Jefferson Construction Co. · 565 S.W.2d 916
• Moughon v. Wolf · 576 S.W.2d 603
• Impson v. Structural Metals, Inc. · 487 S.W.2d 694
• Southern Pacific Company v. Castro · 493 S.W.2d 491
• LMB CORPORATION v. Gurecky · 501 S.W.2d 300
• Howsley v. Gilliam · 517 S.W.2d 531

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