Burr v. Wilson
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Harris. Tried below before the Hon. Peter W. Gray. j Suit by plaintiff in error, against defendants in error, commenced December 10th, 1846, on three promissory notes for $635 each, dated January 2d, 1843, payable one, two and three years after date, signed by the said Ann E., then Ann Eliza Hunt, and Ann D. W. Page, and indorsed to the plaintiff.
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Error from Harris. Tried below before the Hon. Peter W. Gray. j Suit by plaintiff in error, against defendants in error, commenced December 10th, 1846, on three promissory notes for $635 each, dated January 2d, 1843, payable one, two and three years after date, signed by the said Ann E., then Ann Eliza Hunt, and Ann D. W. Page, and indorsed to the plaintiff. Ann D. W. Page, who was the mother of Ann Eliza, had been discharged in Bankruptcy ; and the latter bad since married her co-defendant. Plea of infancy. Replication “ that it was not “ true that said defendant Ann Eliza, at the execution…
1Opinion of the Court
Hemphill, Ch. J.
In 1843 Ann D. W. Page and Ann E. Hunt executed to Joshua Burr, the plaintiff, three joint and several promissory notes payable in one, two and three years. Ann Eliza Hunt had been previously married, but was then a widow, and between fourteen and fifteen years of age. She subsequently intermarried with William N. Wilson, and suit was brought against her and her husband for the recovery of the notes. On trial there was verdict and judgment for defendants, and the plaintiff has brought up the cause by writ of error.
The defendants pleaded the infancy of Mrs. Hunt, at the time of…
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