State Supreme Court / Tex.

Payne v. Massey

Decided July 10, 1946. A J. Folley wrote the opinion for the court.

196 S.W.2d 493 · Cited 74 times

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Fleming v. Houston Lighting & Power Co. · 143 S.W.2d 923
City of Wichita Falls v. Bowen, Trustee · 182 S.W.2d 695
City of Buffalo v. . Lewis · 84 N.E. 809
Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. City of Dallas · 134 S.W. 321
City of Corpus Christi v. Texas Driverless Co. · 190 S.W.2d 484
Ball v. City of McKinney · 286 S.W. 341
Lincoln v. Dehner · 268 Ill. 175

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