State Supreme Court / Tex.

Westland Oil Development Corp. v. Gulf Oil Corp.

Decided June 9, 1982. James P. Wallace wrote the opinion for the court.

637 S.W.2d 903 · Cited 277 times

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Flack v. First Nat. Bank of Dalhart · 226 S.W.2d 628
Wilson v. Fisher · 188 S.W.2d 150
Phillips v. Burns · 252 S.W.2d 927
O.'Ferral v. Coolidge · 228 S.W.2d 146
Woodward v. Ortiz · 237 S.W.2d 286
Gates v. Asher · 280 S.W.2d 247
Rowson v. Rowson · 275 S.W.2d 468
Blasser v. Cass · 314 S.W.2d 807
W. T. Carter & Bro. v. Davis · 88 S.W.2d 596
City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin Authority · 589 S.W.2d 671
Morrow v. Shotwell · 477 S.W.2d 538
Owen v. Hendricks · 433 S.W.2d 164
Consolidated Gas & Equipment Co. of America v. Thompson · 405 S.W.2d 333
Dye v. Burdick · 553 S.W.2d 833
Portman v. Earnhart · 343 S.W.2d 294
Buckalew v. Butcher-Arthur, Inc. · 214 S.W.2d 184

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