Pleasants v. Davidson
Texas Supreme Court
Error from De Witt. . Davidson, the defendant in error, was administrator of the estate of J. 0. Wheeler, deceased. He brought this suit to the Fall term, 1869, of the District Court of De Witt county, against the plaintiff in error as executor of John H. Slaughter, deceased. The cause of action was a note for $1329, executed by Slaughter to Wheeler on the sixth of March, 1861, on which considerable payments were subsequently made.
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Error from De Witt. . Davidson, the defendant in error, was administrator of the estate of J. 0. Wheeler, deceased. He brought this suit to the Fall term, 1869, of the District Court of De Witt county, against the plaintiff in error as executor of John H. Slaughter, deceased. The cause of action was a note for $1329, executed by Slaughter to Wheeler on the sixth of March, 1861, on which considerable payments were subsequently made. The petition alleged the refusal of Pleasants to pay what remained due, and that he, Pleasants, had qualified as executor of Slaughter, who had died leaving a will…
1Opinion of the CourtOgden, J.
The defendant in error obtained a judgment against the plaintiff in error on a promissory note executed by the testator of plaintiff in error in 1861. The petition in the court below alleged' the fact that by a provision .of the will of John H. Slaughter, deceased, the plaintiff in error was appointed executor, and that said will further provided that no other action should be had in the county court, in relation to the settlement of the estate of said decedent," than the probating and registration of the will, and a return of an inventory of said estate. And this spit was brought in the…
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