Gaston & Ayres v. J. I. Campbell Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Fourth Supreme Judicial District. Receivership proceedings were brought against the J. L Campbell Company, in which Gaston & Ayres intervened to recover on a promissory note. Judgment for interveners-for only part of their claim was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals (130 S. W. 222), and interveners bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtRamsey, J.
The district court for the Fifty-Fifth judicial district appointed a receiver of all and singular the properties of the J. I. Campbell Company, a company, which had theretofore been incorporated under the laws of this state. The plaintiffs in error, Gaston & Ayres, intervened in this receivership suit, and sought a recovery on a note for $12,500 dated at Houston, Tex., December 30, 1904, made by I. L. Campbell, payable to Ross L. Clark, due one year after date, with interest from date at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum. This note was nego-‘ tiable in form. It bore the following indorsement:…
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