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· 12/11/1991

Crown Life Insurance Co. v. Estate of Gonzalez

Citations

  • 820 S.W.2d 121
  • 1991 WL 270118

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that absent a complete record on appeal, it must presume the omitted depositions supported the trial court’s judgment
  • stating that procedural rules should be “liberally construed so that the decisions of the courts of appeals turn on substance rather than procedural technicality”
  • stating that procedural rules should be ―liberally construed so that the decisions of the courts of appeals turn on substance rather than procedural technicality‖
  • stating that appellate court rules are “to be liberally construed so that the decisions of the courts of appeals turn on substance rather than procedural technicality”
  • “[A]ppellant should be given opportunity to have disposition on the merits unless such causes violence to the rules.”
  • “the decisions of the courts of appeals [should] turn on substance rather than procedural technicality.”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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