Mitchell v. Hampel

J. H. P. Davis &' Co. of Fort Bend County, Texas, partners, were adjudicated bankrupts both as a firm and individually. They were hankers and depositories of County funds. As such they had given two joint and several bonds both signed by the firm in its firm name as principal and by some of the members of the firm individually, with others, as sureties. The County sought to prove its claim, not only against the firm but also against the separate estates of the surviving members, all of whom had bound themselves severally as well as jointly. The double proof was allowed by the District Court…