Legal Opinion

Brazelton & Johnson v. J. I. Campbell Co.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 12, 1908PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Harris Count}'. Tried below ■ before Hon. W. P. Hamblen. “Know all men by these presents: That we, J. I. Campbell Company, incorporated, of Houston, Harris County, Texas, acting by its President, I. L. Campbell, of the county and State aforesaid, for and in consideration of the sum of Ten Thousand and no 100 dollars to us in hand paid by Brazelton & Johnson, of Waco, McLennan County, Texas, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, have…

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Appeal from the District Court of Harris Count}'. Tried below ■ before Hon. W. P. Hamblen. “Know all men by these presents: That we, J. I. Campbell Company, incorporated, of Houston, Harris County, Texas, acting by its President, I. L. Campbell, of the county and State aforesaid, for and in consideration of the sum of Ten Thousand and no 100 dollars to us in hand paid by Brazelton & Johnson, of Waco, McLennan County, Texas, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, have bargained, sold and delivered, and by these presents do bargain, sell and deliver unto the said Brazelton & Johnson, of…

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FISHER, Chief Justice.

— I. L. Campbell and S. M. Campbell sued the J. I. Campbell Company, the Tyler Land & Lumber Company, and the Warren, Corsicana & Pacific Bailway Co., in the District Court of Harris County, for the purpose of having receivers appointed for the named defendants. The plaintiffs in the petition filed in that proceeding represented that they were stockholders in the defendant corporations named, and were also creditors of the same, and that the corporations named as defendants were in imminent danger of insolvency. Upon the filing of this petition the District Court of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Eidson v. ReederTexas Supreme Court · 1907

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Hoover Steel Ball Co. v. Schaefer Ball Bearing Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1919
  2. Texas Co. v. KentCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1933
  3. Hollums v. HicksCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1944
  4. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Richard Gill Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1957
  5. First State Bank of Eastland v. PhelpsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934

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