Withers v. Crenshaw

2 Citing cases

  1. Weatherly v. Jackson

    123 Tex. 213 (Tex. 1934)   Cited 39 times

    App.), 291 S.W. 868; Clem v. Evans (Com. App.), 291 S.W. 871, 51 A. L. R., 1135; Withers v. Crenshaw, 155 S.W. 1189; Newton v. State, 98 Texas Crim. App., 582, 267 S.W. 272; Reitler v. Harris, 223 U.S. 437, 56 L.Ed., 497; Hawkins v. Bleakly, 243 U.S. 210, 61 L.Ed., 678; Hawes v. Georgia, 258 U.S. 1, 66 L.Ed., 431; Minneapolis St. L. R. R. Co. v. Minn., 193 U.S. 53, 48 L.Ed., 614; extended note, 51 A. L. R., 1139, and following. 12 In determining that land applied for was unsurveyed school land and therefore subject to sale under the terms of Article 5323 and in selling it under that law, the Commission was not exercising or attempting to exercise judicial power.

  2. City of Ft. Worth v. Capps Land

    205 S.W. 491 (Tex. Civ. App. 1918)   Cited 7 times

    It has been held that this character of evidence is admissible as prima facie proof of the compliance by the board of commissioners with the necessary steps to fix the lien of the special assessment against the property affected and to fix the personal liability against the owners thereof. Taylor v. Boyd, 63 Tex. 533, 544; Withers v. Crenshaw et al., 155 S.W. 1189. See Kernagan v. City of Ft. Worth, 194 S.W. 626, where this court questioned, without deciding, the constitutionality of such provision, but we think the certificate was admissible as a link in the chain of proof to support plaintiff's cause of action pleaded.