State Supreme Court / Tex.

Patton v. Nicholas

Decided June 1, 1955. W. St. John Garwood wrote the opinion for the court.

279 S.W.2d 848 · Cited 55 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.

State v. Dyer · 145 Tex. 586
Enterprise Printing & Publishing Co. v. Craig · 144 N.E. 542
First National Bank v. Fireproof Storage Building Co. · 202 N.W. 14
Flemming v. Heffner & Flemming · 248 N.W. 900
Rizzuto v. Onset Cafe, Inc. · 116 N.E.2d 249
Finn Bondholders, Inc. v. Dukes · 26 So. 2d 802
Indianapolis Dairymen's Co-Op., Inc. v. Bottema · 79 N.E.2d 399
Gross Income Tax Division v. Strauss · 79 N.E.2d 103
Campbell v. Pennsylvania Industries, Inc. · 99 F. Supp. 199

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