Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. Burden

Decided July 16, 1947. William M. Taylor wrote the opinion for the court.

146 Tex. 109 · Cited 108 times

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• McAfee v. Travis Gas Corp. · 137 Tex. 314
• Wells v. Texas Pacific Coal Oil Co. · 164 S.W.2d 660
• Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Day · 197 S.W.2d 332
• Mitchum v. Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Co. · 173 S.W. 878
• Fry v. Dixie Motor Coach Corp. · 180 S.W.2d 135
• International-Great Northern Railroad v. Hawthorne · 116 S.W.2d 1056

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