Henderson v. Pilgrim
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Gonzales. Tried below before the Hon. Fielding Jones. The note for ten thousand dollars, deposited with the appellants, was payable to William Means, or order. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
This suit was instituted in the court below, by Henderson, Terry & Co., the appellants, against William Means, Ferdinand B. Means, Thomas J. Pilgrim, Thomas R. Stewart, Samuel Coxe, and another, who was merely a nominal party, and whom it is unnecessary to name. The pleadings are very voluminous, and many points have been made and discussed by counsel before this court. In order to present the main question in the case, the decision of which will dispose of the whole controversy, we wilí state the prominent and important facts disclosed by the record.
On the 14th day of April, 1856, William…
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