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· 3/9/1955

Rounsaville v. Bullard

Citations

  • 276 S.W.2d 791
  • 154 Tex. 260
  • 1955 Tex. LEXIS 509

How courts have described this case

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  • holding jury may not reasonably infer ultimate fact from meager circumstantial evidence merely raising any number of inferences, none more probable than another
  • holding jury may not reasonably infer ultimate fact from meager circumstantial evidence merely raising any number of inferences, none more probable than another
  • “No inference of fact should be drawn from premises which are uncertain. . . . One presumption cannot be based upon another presumption.”
  • “The fact relied upon to support the presumption must be proved.”

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Judges: Smith

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