Smith v. Henger

Decided January 11, 1950. James P. Hart wrote the opinion for the court.

226 S.W.2d 425 · Cited 221 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.

• McAfee v. Travis Gas Corp. · 137 Tex. 314
• Houston National Bank v. Adair · 146 Tex. 387
• Long v. Long · 125 S.W.2d 1034
• Carlisle v. J. Weingarten, Inc. · 137 Tex. 220
• Najera v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. · 146 Tex. 367
• Halliburton v. Texas Indemnity Insurance · 213 S.W.2d 677
• Baker v. Baker · 183 S.W.2d 724
• Conn v. Hagan · 55 S.W. 323
• United Gas Corp. v. Crawford · 141 Tex. 332
• Steele v. Grahl-Peterson Co. · 135 Iowa 418
• Miller v. Dyess · 137 Tex. 135
• Coe v. Nash · 41 S.W. 473
• Harris v. Ferguson · 137 Tex. 592

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