Lewis v. Foster

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• “[T]he purpose of the Dead Man’s Statute is threefold: (1) to put the parties on an equal footing at trial, (2) to prevent one, to the detriment of the other, from taking advantage of the fact that the lips of the deceased have been sealed, and (3

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Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Seymour v. American Engine & Grinding Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1997-02-27· cited 37×
• Fraga v. Drake
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2008-10-15· cited 36×
• Estate of R.H.\Jack\ Finney,Jr.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2013-08-30· cited 24×
• Coleman v. Coleman
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2005-08-17· cited 22×
• Tramel v. Estate of Billings
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1985-09-25· cited 20×
• Cornell & Co. v. Pace
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1986-01-21· cited 12×
• Young v. Simpson
  E.D. Texas· 1985-02-11· cited 2×
• Thomas J. Fraga v. Carmen Drake and James Drake and PI Crowley, Independent Co-Executors of the Estate of Joyce Dobkins
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2008-07-31
• in the Estate of Martin Van Curtis Jr.
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2015-09-24
• Emily C. Dyson v. Drue Annelle Parker, Individually and as Independent of the Estate of James Patrick Porter
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2015-08-27
• Harry Oliver Winkenhower v. George Allan Smith, Independent of the Estate of Lyda Catherine Smith
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2015-06-29
• Misty Keeney and Monty Keeney D/B/A Shootin' Hoops Gumballs v. John Williams and Carolyn Williams
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2020-09-03
• Maria Cristina Chirolla Donnelly v. John P. Donnelly, Eric Donnelly, & Mark Donnelly
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2022-10-13
• Leslie Sapp Gontarek v. Virginia Louanne Sapp AKA Lou Ann Sapp, Individual, and Louanne Sapp as of the Estate of Ivan Doyle Sapp
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2023-08-30
• Christopher F. Bertucci, as of the Estate of Anthony R. Bertucci, and Derivatively on Behalf of American Affordable Homes & Properties, Inc.; American Affordable Homes, Lp; Town Vista Development, LLC; Town Vista Terrace, Inc.; And Midcrowne Senior Slp, LLC v. Eugene L. Watkins, Jr.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2025-03-14
• Ava Washington v. Margaret Victoria
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2026-03-26

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Seaman v. Seaman
  Texas Supreme Court· 1968-03-06· cited 205×
• Chandler v. Welborn
  Texas Supreme Court· 1956-10-10· cited 90×
• Muhm v. Davis
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1979-03-29· cited 34×
• Harper v. Johnson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1961-04-12· cited 24×
• O'Neill v. Brown
  Texas Supreme Court· 1884-02-14· cited 22×
• Hurley v. Lockett
  Texas Supreme Court· 1888-12-11· cited 21×
• Sears, Roebuck and Company v. Jones
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1957-05-23· cited 20×
• Parker v. Miller
  Texas Commission of Appeals· 1925-02-18· cited 13×
• Dakoff v. National Bank of Commerce
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1952-12-19· cited 12×
• Burris v. Levy
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1957-04-10· cited 7×
• Denbo v. Butler
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1975-05-15· cited 7×
• Fleming v. Baylor University Medical Center
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1977-07-14· cited 6×
• McCormick v. Rhoades
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1962-05-16· cited 5×
• Griffin v. Griffin
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1957-09-19· cited 2×
• Baylor University Medical Center v. Fleming
  Texas Supreme Court· 1977-12-07· cited 2×
• Foster v. Lewis
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1980-10-08· cited 1×

Other cases named Lewis v. Foster

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Lewis v. Foster
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-04-11· cited 5×
• Lewis v. Foster
  Superior Court of New Hampshire· 1815-12-15· cited 1×