Weaver v. E-Z Mart Stores, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding no evidence of due diligence when plaintiff delayed service based in part on ignorance of the law
• explanation of delay based on ignorance of law failed as matter of law to raise fact issue on obligation to show diligence
• party “cannot rely upon any failure on the part of [his] chosen attorney 9 as diligence or an excuse for lack of diligence, because the acts of one’s attorney is imputed to the client”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Carter v. MacFadyen
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2002-08-08· cited 126×
• Paselk v. Rabun
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2009-06-16· cited 101×
• Foster v. Williams
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2002-05-21· cited 98×
• Southern County Mutual Insurance Co. v. Ochoa
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2000-05-11· cited 83×
• Rodriguez v. Tinsman & Houser, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1999-12-15· cited 71×
• Corona v. Pilgrim's Pride Corp.
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2008-01-18· cited 58×
• Cunningham v. Columbia/St. David's Healthcare System, L.P.
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2006-02-06· cited 53×
• In the Interest of A.D.A. and S.L.A., Children
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2009-05-28· cited 42×
• Belleza-Gonzalez v. Villa
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2001-06-14· cited 39×
• Slagle v. Prickett
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2011-07-13· cited 38×
• Culver v. Culver
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2011-12-15· cited 33×
• Sharp v. Kroger Texas L.P.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-07-21· cited 27×
• Venable v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2003-08-13· cited 21×
• Lister v. Walters
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2008-02-22· cited 19×
• Billy H. Champion v. David R. Robinson
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2012-12-19· cited 19×
• Ramirez v. Consolidated HGM Corp.
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2004-01-08· cited 17×
• Zimmerman v. Massoni
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2000-12-14· cited 14×
• Cotten v. Briley
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-03-14· cited 13×
• Witt v. Heaton
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2000-02-03· cited 10×
• Flores v. UNITED FREEDOM ASSOCIATES, INC.
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2010-04-14· cited 8×

Cites

25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-05-01· cited 7,748×
• Mansfield State Bank v. Cohn
  Texas Supreme Court· 1978-10-18· cited 1,083×
• Brownlee v. Brownlee
  Texas Supreme Court· 1984-02-29· cited 801×
• Primate Construction, Inc. v. Silver
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-09-15· cited 581×
• Woods v. William M. Mercer, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1988-12-07· cited 563×
• Murray v. San Jacinto Agency, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1991-01-23· cited 532×
• Zale Corporation v. Rosenbaum
  Texas Supreme Court· 1975-03-19· cited 331×
• Black v. Victoria Lloyds Insurance Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-11-14· cited 331×
• Gant v. DeLeon
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-02-28· cited 268×
• Burns v. Thomas
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-03-28· cited 247×
• Petro-Chemical Transport, Inc. v. Carroll
  Texas Supreme Court· 1974-09-24· cited 188×
• Hansler v. Mainka
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1991-03-14· cited 88×
• Brown v. Texas Employment Commission
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1990-11-08· cited 55×
• Bailey v. Rogers
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1982-03-24· cited 55×
• Clark v. Yarbrough
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 1995-06-13· cited 51×
• Allen v. Bentley Laboratories, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1976-06-30· cited 49×
• Reynolds v. Alcorn
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1980-06-18· cited 35×
• Baptist Memorial Hospital System v. Arredondo
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-06-14· cited 33×
• Valdez v. Charles Orsinger Buick Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1986-07-15· cited 31×
• Instrument Specialties Co. v. Texas Employment Commission
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1996-07-18· cited 24×