Palo Pinto County v. Gano & Sons
Citations
- 60 Tex. 249
- 1883 Tex. LEXIS 313
Syllabus
<p>1. County school lands.— The counties are trustees for the county school lands, in the manner and for the purposes declared in the constitution. As such they may sell or dispose of them in such manner as the county commissioners’ court may determine.</p> <p>2, Same.— Where the county commissioners’ court, under their order, contracted with a party to subdivide school lands into tracts of one hundred and sixty acres, after personal inspection by the contractor, who was, according to their quality, to designate them as of first, second and third class lands, and after surveying them was to make a sworn report, held, that the contract involved a personal trust which was not assignable, and, in the absence of allegations of fraud or mistake, parol evidence was not admissible to alter that result.</p>
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- under same setoff provision, insurer could not set off amount received by employee under Federal Employers’ Liability Act because this was not similar to a recovery under a worker’s compensation claim, and thus, insurer owed full amount to employee under clause of policy
- comparing FELA to workers’ compensation
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Judges: App, Com, Watts
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