Legal Opinion
Edwards v. Morton
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 20, 1898No. 679PublishedCited by 85 opinions
Questions certified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Wichita County.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
The Court of Civil Appeals for Second Supreme Judicial District has certified to this court the following statement and questions:
“This suit was instituted in the Justice Court by F. M. Morton against E. Edwards upon a promissory note for $146.25. He recovered judgment in that court for the sum of $60:61 and costs of suit (amounting to $5.20), the amount of the claim being thus reduced on account of a credit of $75 being allowed as claimed by defendant Edwards; all of which appears from the recitals in the judgment.
“On the day the judgment was rendered Morton filed…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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