Steger v. Hume
Texas Supreme Court
Questions certified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. The certificate was as follows: “In the above styled and numbered cause, the Court of Civil Appeals of the Third Supreme Judicial District of Texas certifies to the Supreme Court of Texas as follows, to wit: “On the 4th day of November, 1903, the said Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the judgment of the District Court of Travis County, wherein a general demurer was…
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Questions certified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. The certificate was as follows: “In the above styled and numbered cause, the Court of Civil Appeals of the Third Supreme Judicial District of Texas certifies to the Supreme Court of Texas as follows, to wit: “On the 4th day of November, 1903, the said Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the judgment of the District Court of Travis County, wherein a general demurer was sustained to the petition of the appellant in said cause. So much of the petition as sets out the cause of action of the…
1Opinion of the Court
“‘Streethan, Associate Justice.
The appellant sought a recovery upon a verbal contract, which is alleged as follows in his petition: “That on or before January 25, 1896, administration of the estate of T. C. Bean, deceased, was pending in the District Court of Grayson County, Texas. That one H. P. Howard and the defendant Hume were the duly appointed and acting administrators of said Bean’s estate; that said estate was of great value, and the residue thereof subject to partition and *325distribution among said Bean’s heirs considerable. That on said day the application of one Sarah A. Dove and…
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