Geters v. Eagle Insurance Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that “damages” are defined as “compensation in money imposed by law for loss or injury”
• involving declaratory judgment action brought to determine maximum liability on bond required by the Texas Motor Vehicle Dealer = s Bond Statute
• “The liability of a surety is determined by the language of the bond itself.”
• statute mandating bond is made part of the bond and is controlling
• statute mandating bond is made part of the bond and is controlling
• “In interpreting a statute, however, we give words their ordinary meaning.”

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Cited by

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

• University of Texas Medical Branch v. York
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-03-30· cited 547×
• Duran v. Furr's Supermarkets, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1996-05-01· cited 160×
• Pack v. Crossroads, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2001-09-20· cited 97×
• Beard Family Partnership v. Commercial Indemnity Insurance Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2003-08-29· cited 71×
• AU Pharmaceutical, Inc. v. Boston
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 1999-01-29· cited 62×
• Kendziorski v. Saunders
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2006-03-30· cited 40×
• State v. Eversole
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1994-10-27· cited 34×
• Pavecon, Inc. v. R-Com, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2005-02-17· cited 32×
• Southland Lloyds Insurance Company v. David Onofre Cantu and Guadalupe Cantu
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2011-03-30· cited 32×
• Employees Retirement System of Texas v. Duenez
  Texas Supreme Court· 2009-07-03· cited 24×
• Lawyers Surety Corp. v. Riverbend Bank, N.A.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1998-03-26· cited 23×
• Gramercy Insurance Co. v. Auction Finance Program, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2001-07-11· cited 20×
• Gramercy Insurance Co. v. Arcadia Financial Ltd.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2000-12-07· cited 19×
• Seawall East Townhomes Ass'n v. City of Galveston
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1994-06-16· cited 16×
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Forte
  Texas Supreme Court· 2016-05-20· cited 16×
• Doris Forte v. Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporate
  Fifth Circuit· 2015-02-20· cited 14×
• Amwest Surety Insurance v. Graham
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1997-07-01· cited 13×
• Northern and Western Insurance Company Ltd. v. Sentinel Investment Group, LLC
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2013-10-31· cited 13×
• City of Lubbock v. Land
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2000-10-23· cited 11×
• Gramercy Insurance Co. v. Arcadia Financial Ltd.
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2001-11-08· cited 10×

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Howze v. Surety Corp. of America
  Texas Supreme Court· 1979-04-25· cited 67×
• Geters v. Eagle Insurance Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1992-01-16· cited 2×

Other cases named Geters v. Eagle Insurance Co.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Geters v. Eagle Insurance Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1992-01-16· cited 2×