Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Blankenburg

How courts have described this case

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

• holding, under substantively similar predecessor statute, that forfeiture of charter denied corporation right to sue or defend in any court
• permitting shareholders, as beneficial owners, to prosecute action on behalf of corporation that forfeited its right to do business before suit filed
• permitting shareholders, as beneficial owners, to prosecute action on behalf of corporation that forfeited its right to do business before suit filed
• dedication of plazas, parks, streets and alleys to the use and benefit of the public created an easement, not fee simple title
• dedication of plazas, parks, streets and alleys to the use and benefit of the public created an easement, not fee simple title
• plat dedication of plazas, parks, streets, and alleys created easement only

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• City of San Antonio v. City of Boerne
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 931×
• Hunter v. Fort Worth Capital Corp.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1981-07-15· cited 257×
• Rogers v. Ricane Enterprises, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-11-03· cited 184×
• Edlund v. Bounds
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1992-09-14· cited 129×
• Perry v. Dearing (In Re Perry)
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-09-04· cited 122×
• Dahlberg v. Holden
  Texas Supreme Court· 1951-02-21· cited 121×
• Sneed v. Webre
  Texas Supreme Court· 2015-05-29· cited 119×
• Rachel Castner v. First National Bank of Anchorage, Arctic Cold Storage, Inc., and Union Bank of Anchorage
  First Circuit· 1960-03-24· cited 83×
• Dunagan v. Bushey
  Texas Supreme Court· 1953-12-02· cited 70×
• El T. Mexican Restaurants, Inc. v. Bacon
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1996-03-28· cited 69×
• Word of Faith World Outreach Center Church, Inc. v. Oechsner
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1984-03-07· cited 67×
• Long Island Owner's Ass'n v. Davidson
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1998-04-23· cited 50×
• City of Richland Hills v. Bertelsen
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1987-01-29· cited 30×
• Zaidi v. Shah
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-09-08· cited 28×
• Regal Construction Co. v. Hansel
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1979-11-29· cited 27×
• Houston Lighting and Power Co. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1996-07-11· cited 18×
• Gleason v. Taub
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2005-12-15· cited 14×
• Purcel v. Wells
  Tenth Circuit· 1956-08-11· cited 13×
• The State of Texas and the Texas Department of Transportation v. Nico-Wf1, L.L.C.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2012-11-02· cited 12×
• In Re Immobiliere Jeuness Establissement
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-02-06· cited 12×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Dyer
  Texas Supreme Court· 1947-03-26· cited 84×
• Strange v. H. & T. C. R. R. Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1880-03-23· cited 25×
• O'Neal v. City of Sherman
  Texas Supreme Court· 1890-05-06· cited 24×
• Slayton v. Singleton
  Texas Supreme Court· 1888-12-04· cited 20×
• Blankenburg v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1950-04-19· cited 1×