Rounsaville v. Bullard

How courts have described this case

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

• 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.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Schlumberger Well Surveying Corp. v. Nortex Oil & Gas Corp.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1968-11-13· cited 387×
• Citizens National Bank v. Allen Rae Investments Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2004-07-15· cited 166×
• McKnight v. Hill & Hill Exterminators, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-03-27· cited 91×
• Connell v. Connell
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1994-10-26· cited 77×
• Texas Sling Company v. Emanuel
  Texas Supreme Court· 1968-07-24· cited 77×
• Briones v. Levine's Department Store, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1969-07-30· cited 76×
• Bolstad v. Egleson
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1959-06-25· cited 60×
• Trevino v. Trevino
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1977-08-31· cited 58×
• ENTEX, a DIV. OF NORAM ENERGY v. Gonzalez
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2002-07-25· cited 48×
• Roberts v. U.S. Home Corp.
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1985-05-15· cited 47×
• Polasek v. Quinius
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1969-03-05· cited 34×
• Caller-Times Publishing Co. v. Triad Communications, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1993-06-07· cited 31×
• Socony Mobil Co., Inc. v. Southwestern Bell Tel. Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1974-12-31· cited 26×
• Martin v. United States Trust Co. of New York
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1985-03-05· cited 23×
• Johnston Testers v. Rangel
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1968-11-06· cited 23×
• Lewis v. Great Southwest Corporation
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1971-10-15· cited 20×
• Ussery v. Ewell Hodges, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1967-06-29· cited 17×
• Imperial Casualty & Indem. Co. of Omaha, Neb. v. Terry
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1970-02-26· cited 16×
• Ice Bros., Inc. v. Bannowsky
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1992-10-14· cited 14×
• Pekar v. St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1978-07-27· cited 14×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Porter
  Texas Supreme Court· 1889-03-12· cited 82×
• Texas & N. O. R. Co. v. Brannen
  Texas Commission of Appeals· 1942-11-25· cited 54×
• Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. Brannen
  Texas Supreme Court· 1942-11-25· cited 51×
• Austin v. Neiman
  Texas Commission of Appeals· 1929-03-13· cited 31×
• Bullard v. Rounsaville
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1954-10-22· cited 1×