Williams v. Steves Industries, Inc.

Decided November 13, 1985. C.L. Ray Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

699 S.W.2d 570 · Cited 226 times

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• Burk Royalty Co. v. Walls · 616 S.W.2d 911
• Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co. · 690 S.W.2d 546
• Mundy v. Pirie-Slaughter Motor Co. · 146 Tex. 314
• Carey v. Pure Distributing Corp. · 124 S.W.2d 847
• Williamson v. McKenna · 354 P.2d 56
• King v. McGuff · 234 S.W.2d 403
• Trenholm v. Ratcliff · 646 S.W.2d 927
• Alamo National Bank v. Kraus · 616 S.W.2d 908
• International Armament Corp. v. King · 686 S.W.2d 595
• Kerby v. Abilene Christian College · 503 S.W.2d 526
• Ogle v. Craig · 464 S.W.2d 95

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