Legal Opinion

Simpson v. Huston

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1855PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from Nacogdoches. The petition alleged the assign- ■ ment of the Eleury judgment to the plaintiff pending the suit of the defendant against him, and stated as a cause for not pleading the same in said suit, in set off, that said suit was for unliquidated damages.

1Opinion of the Court

Hemphill, Ch. J.

The appellee, Emery S. Huston, had recovered a judgment against the appellant, John J. Simpson; and this is an application, by appellant, to enjoin the collection of said judgment, and to have the same reduced • or extinguished, by setting off against it a judgment which the Fleurys had recovered against the appellee, and which by the Fleurys had been assigned to the appellant.

The most material allegatipns (with reference to the special exceptions, which the Court sustained to the petition) are, the statement of the recovery of the Fleury judgment; its transfer to appellant;…

2Cited by18 opinions

  1. Bonham State Bank v. BeadleTexas Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Bitter v. County.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1928
  3. Blount v. WindleySupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  4. Nalle v. HarrellTexas Supreme Court · 1929
  5. Beutel v. Dallas County Flood Control District, No. 1, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1996

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