State Supreme Court / Tex.

Slaughter v. Qualls

Decided May 13, 1942. James P. Alexander wrote the opinion for the court.

162 S.W.2d 671 · Cited 166 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.

Rutherford v. Carr · 87 S.W. 815
Williams v. Sapieha · 61 S.W. 115
Schneider v. Sellers · 84 S.W. 417
Wilson v. Armstrong · 236 S.W. 755
Jones v. Comer · 13 S.E.2d 578

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