Fowler v. Stoneum
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Harris. This was a suit by the appellee, for the recovery of certain negroes. The petition alleges that the plaintiff purchased the negroes at Sheriff’s sale, as the property of Benjamin H. Halstead, in the State of Alabama, in November, 1842 ; that on the "12th of June, 1844, he made a conditional sale of the negroes to Halstead, in the county of Montgomery, in this State, which sale was to be completed only in the event of the compliance, by the latter, with…
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Appeal from Harris. This was a suit by the appellee, for the recovery of certain negroes. The petition alleges that the plaintiff purchased the negroes at Sheriff’s sale, as the property of Benjamin H. Halstead, in the State of Alabama, in November, 1842 ; that on the "12th of June, 1844, he made a conditional sale of the negroes to Halstead, in the county of Montgomery, in this State, which sale was to be completed only in the event of the compliance, by the latter, with certain conditions stipulated to be performed by him, in the contract ; among which conditions were the following: that…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The record presents a multiplicity of rulings *497and exceptions, which have been assigned as error. But the view we entertain of the principal questions in the case, which involve the merits of the controversy, and on which its ultimate decision must depend, will dispense with the necessity of considering all these various rulings, which relate to questions of practice and the admissibility of evidence, and will become immaterial, by our judgment on the merits.
The rulings of the Court, which it is deemed material to consider, are 1st. The striking out of certain portions of the defendants’…
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