Baker v. Wasson
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Harris. Tried below before the Hon. James Mastevson. A report of this case np to the former appeal will be found in 53 Tex., 151. The suit was against Baker, Shirley, and the H. & T. C. R’y Co. The transcript filed on the present appeal begins with the first amended petition of the plaintiff W. T. Wasson.
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Appeal from Harris. Tried below before the Hon. James Mastevson. A report of this case np to the former appeal will be found in 53 Tex., 151. The suit was against Baker, Shirley, and the H. & T. C. R’y Co. The transcript filed on the present appeal begins with the first amended petition of the plaintiff W. T. Wasson. It is quite too lengthy for insertion, but will be understood in view of the former report of the case, in connection with the following: Plaintiff charged: “That on the 19th day of December, A. D. 1857, W. B. Was-son subscribed and paid for ten shares of the capital stock of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.—
This cause was before this court at a former term, and a general statement of it will be found in 53 Tex., 151.
On the last trial W. T. Wasson recovered a judgment against W. R. Baker and The Houston & Texas R. R. Co., for the value of the stock, and interest thereon at the rate of eight per cent, per annum from the time Baker asserted ownership on the books of the company.
*144The defendant Baker alone prosecutes this appeal, and, among other things, claims: 1st. That the petition states no cause of action against him. 2d. That the evidence does not warrant a judgment…
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