Beeman v. Jester Bros.
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Navarro. Tried below before the Hon. L. D. Bradley. C. W. Beeman was a cattle-dealer in ¡Navarro county in 1882. He had a regular bank account with Jester Bros, appellants, bankers, at Corsicana, during the year. His deposits consisted in drafts drawn by him on his commission merchants, Campbell, Lancaster & Co., of East St. Louis, 111., collected through Jester Bros,, or discounted by them.
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Appeal from Navarro. Tried below before the Hon. L. D. Bradley. C. W. Beeman was a cattle-dealer in ¡Navarro county in 1882. He had a regular bank account with Jester Bros, appellants, bankers, at Corsicana, during the year. His deposits consisted in drafts drawn by him on his commission merchants, Campbell, Lancaster & Co., of East St. Louis, 111., collected through Jester Bros,, or discounted by them. C. W. Beeman, on the 28th of November, 1883, instituted suit against Jester Bros., complaining that on the 15th day of July, 1882, he deposited with defendants his draft on Campbell, Lancaster…
1Opinion of the Court
Willie, Chief Justice.
The court did not err in excluding the books of the county treasurer offered in evidence to show that Jester Bros, did not keep their bank books correctly.
*433[Opinion delivered November 19, 1884.]
The books of the county treasurer were kept by L. L. Jester, and the books of Jester Bros, were kept by Terry Miller. The fact that L. L. Jester was an incorrect and unreliable accountant did not tend to prove that lie had not in his employ a book-keeper perfectly competent in every respect. The evidence was therefore subject to the objections for which it was excluded.
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