Legal Opinion

Commonwealth Bonding & Casualty Ins. Co. v. Meeks

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 8, 1916No. 935. [fn*]Published

Appeal from District Court, Hemphill County; Frank Willis, Judge. Action by M. M. Meeks against the Commonwealth Bonding & Casualty Insurance Company, R. T. Stuart and Coke W. Hark-rider, as individuals, acting under the firm names of Stuart, Harkrider & Co., and the Commonwealth Organization Company, and others, with cross-action by the Commonwealth Bonding & Casualty Insurance Company.

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Appeal from District Court, Hemphill County; Frank Willis, Judge. Action by M. M. Meeks against the Commonwealth Bonding & Casualty Insurance Company, R. T. Stuart and Coke W. Hark-rider, as individuals, acting under the firm names of Stuart, Harkrider & Co., and the Commonwealth Organization Company, and others, with cross-action by the Commonwealth Bonding & Casualty Insurance Company. Judgment for plaintiff against the Commonwealth Bonding & Casualty Insurance Company and R. T. Stuart, and the company appeals, and Stuart brings writ of error.

1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.

Appellee, as plaintiff in the court below, sued appellant company, Coke W. Harkrider, R. T. Stuart, John Scharbauer, H. P. Brenham, J. H. Carmichael, F. E. Couch, Perry McFadden, M. H. Miles, W. B. Harrison, J. D. Hagler, L. T. Lester, W. B. Slaughter, and C. H. Boedecker. Stuart and Harkrider were sued as individuals, acting under the firm name of Stuart, Harkrider & Co., and also under the firm name of the Commonwealth Organization Company. The object of the suit was to cancel four promissory notes, dated March 14, 1911, for the sum of $437.50, $500, $500, and $562.50, respectively; the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. W. F. Stewart & Co. v. GordonTexas Supreme Court · 1886
  2. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Grayson County National BankTexas Supreme Court · 1906
  3. Andrews v. RobertsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
  4. Style v. LantripCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  5. Park v. Kribs, ReceiverCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1900

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