Watson v. Inman
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Houston. Tried below before the Hon. John H. Reagan. This was a suit by the plaintiffs in error, as heirs of Robert G. Watson, deceased, against the defendant in error, as the administrator of George G. Alford, on the following contract, to wit: “ Memorandum of an agreement made this 23d day of October, in the year 1838, between George G. Alford of the county .of Hacogdoches, in the Republic of Texas, and Robert G. Watson, of the county of New Madrid, in the State…
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Error from Houston. Tried below before the Hon. John H. Reagan. This was a suit by the plaintiffs in error, as heirs of Robert G. Watson, deceased, against the defendant in error, as the administrator of George G. Alford, on the following contract, to wit: “ Memorandum of an agreement made this 23d day of October, in the year 1838, between George G. Alford of the county .of Hacogdoches, in the Republic of Texas, and Robert G. Watson, of the county of New Madrid, in the State of Missouri, as follows: The said Alford has this day received of the said Watson, his two several notes of hand; one…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
We are of opinion, that there was no error in the judgment of the court below, sustaining the exceptions to the original and amended petitions of the plaintiffs. The contract between Robert G. Watson and G. G. Alford, was entered into in the year 1838. The petition of the plaintiffs states that Alford died about the first day of April, 1847, and that administration upon his estate was granted in the year 1847. This suit was instituted in the month of February, in the year 1857. There is nothing shown in the petition which can entitle the plaintiffs, at so late a day, to call upon the court to…
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