Bledsoe v. White
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Smith. Tried below before the Hon. Z. Horton. Suit was brought in the District Court 11th May, 1872, by C. Gf.
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Appeal from Smith. Tried below before the Hon. Z. Horton. Suit was brought in the District Court 11th May, 1872, by C. Gf. White, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Lewis Jones, deceased, against John S. Bledsoe, administrator of the estate of B. T. Selman, deceased, to establish a claim against the estate of Selman for the sum of eighteen hundred and seventy-five dollars, on account of money collected in part by said Selman on a note for $1,026 against J. W. Davenport and Drury Smith, as principals, and R. W. Chapman and Wm. Davenport, as sureties, dated 1st January, 1861, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Associate Justice.
This suit was brought by appellee, as the administrator of Lewis Jones, to recover from the appellant, as the administrator of Benjamin T. Selman, money collected by him, and his wife, as the representative of their community estate, after his death, on a note payable to E. E. Lott, administrator of Lewis Jones, deceased, or bearer, alleged to have been placed in the hands of Selman for collection, an attorney at law for said estate, by Lott, while administrator of the estate of said Lewis.
The defense mainly relied upon in the court below was—
First. After the said…
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