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Bos v. Smith

Citations

  • 556 S.W.3d 293

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding no trial by consent as to defamation claim when grandparent’s statements to DFPS were relevant to other issues in the trial
  • reiterating and applying rule that “[a]mended pleadings supersede prior pleadings, and any claim not carried forward in an amended pleading is deemed dismissed”
  • upholding reversal of the judgment for the plaintiff on a defamation claim because the judgment was based on a factual theory that did not conform to the factual theory pleaded in the petition
  • requiring us to liberally construe a pleading where “no special exception is made”
  • “A liberal construction does not require a court to read into a petition what is plainly not there.” (citation modified)
  • “Amended pleadings supersede prior pleadings, and any claim not carried forward in an amended pleading is deemed dismissed.”

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Judges: Guzman

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109 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

39 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

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