Fire Department v. City of Fort Worth

Decided February 9, 1949. Gordon Simpson wrote the opinion for the court.

147 Tex. 505 · Cited 140 times

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• Reagan v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. · 154 U.S. 362
• Brown v. Humble Oil & Refining Co. · 83 S.W.2d 935
• Trapp v. Shell Oil Co. · 198 S.W.2d 424
• Marrs v. Railroad Commission · 177 S.W.2d 941
• Ashford v. Goodwin · 131 S.W. 535
• Brown v. Humble Oil & Refining Co. · 87 S.W.2d 1069
• City of Aurora v. Schoeberlein · 230 Ill. 496
• Hawkins v. City of Steubenville · 17 N.E.2d 641

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• Board of Firemen's Relief & Retirement Fund Trustees v. Marks · 242 S.W.2d 181
• Glass v. Smith · 244 S.W.2d 645
• Firemen's & Policemen's Civil Service Commission v. Kennedy · 514 S.W.2d 237
• City of Houston v. Lurie · 148 Tex. 391
• Richardson v. City of Pasadena · 513 S.W.2d 1
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• State Ex Rel. McGinnis v. Police Civil Service Commission · 253 Minn. 62
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• Texas Aeronautics Commission v. Braniff Airways, Inc. · 454 S.W.2d 199
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