Douglass v. Blount

GAINES, Chief Justice.

This is an application for a writ of error to the Court of Civil Appeals to revise a judgment of that court which reversed the judgment of the trial court and remanded the cause. The first question which presents itself is, have we jurisdiction of the case?

The following is a brief statement of the facts and of the history of the suit. One Fortescue sold to Isaac N. Watson a tract of land, taking for the purchase money thereof three promissory notes executed by Watson, two for $881 each, due respectively one and two years after date, and one or $452, due three years after…