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.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).