Roller v. Wooldridge
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Freestone. Tried below before the Hon. John B. Rector. Robert Adams executed his note to George Roller, the appellant, for the sum of $7,000, due one day after date, with six per cent, interest from date, dated in July, 1862. In 1865, a credit of $1,400 was entered on the note, and on October 15, 1866, Roller brought suit on it, against Adams, in the District Court of Freestone county, for the balance due.
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Appeal from Freestone. Tried below before the Hon. John B. Rector. Robert Adams executed his note to George Roller, the appellant, for the sum of $7,000, due one day after date, with six per cent, interest from date, dated in July, 1862. In 1865, a credit of $1,400 was entered on the note, and on October 15, 1866, Roller brought suit on it, against Adams, in the District Court of Freestone county, for the balance due. Adams answered, that the note was given for Confederate money, and that the payment he had made on the note, of $1,000, specie, equal to $1,400, currency, had more than paid the…
1Opinion of the Court
Roberts, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff in error obtained a judgment against Robert Adams, in the District Court, on the 15th day of October, 1866, for the sum of seven thousand dollars, in Hnited States currency, and for a lien on certain lands, (1599 acres,) with a stay of execution for four years, without bearing interest during that time. On the 2d day of July, 1868, the said Adams filed a petition, asking the court to set aside said judgment and grant him a new trial, on the grounds that the note upon which said judgment was rendered, was executed for and in consideration of the loan of…
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