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163 Tex. 306

Shumard v. Scanlan

Texas Supreme Court

Decided May 31, 1961

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1961-05-31

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently May 1987

4 state decisions

Relies on Ramsey v. Gardner

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Decided 1961-05-31

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GRIFFIN, Associate Justice,

¶1dissenting.

¶2I respectfully dissent.

¶3The majority opinion offers no protection to a member of the Legislature from interference with his duties as a lawmaker. The majority holding is an extension of Ramsey v. Gardner, 154 Texas 457, 279 S.W. 2d 584, so as to further restrict the meaning of “cause”, as used in Article 2168a, Vernon’s Annotated Texas Civil Statutes, to “trial”. The taking of depositions is a very necessary and usual part of a trial.

¶4I adopt herein my dissent in the Ramsey case, supra.

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