Richardson v. Wells
Texas Supreme Court
- Appeal from Anderson County. This suit was brought in the county of Anderson by the appellants, Richardson and wife, for the recovery of a number of negro slaves, alleged to be the property of the wife.
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- Appeal from Anderson County. This suit was brought in the county of Anderson by the appellants, Richardson and wife, for the recovery of a number of negro slaves, alleged to be the property of the wife. The petition, after setting out the claim of the appellants, and a description of the slaves, avers “ that the said Susannah (the wife) has been most wrongfully and illegally deprived of the said slaves, and that they are now illegally detained from her by one Samuel Wells, of the county of Anderson in said state, who pretends to claim each of the said above described negro slaves as the…
1Opinion of the Court
ITeMpiiill, Chief Justice,
delivered the opinion of the court.'
The appellants contend that the court erred,
1st. In disposing of the case against their consent during the pendency of a rule for security for costs; and
2d. In sustaining defendant’s plea to the jurisdiction, and dismissing the suit.
The first ground of alleged error is altogether untenable, unless the giving security for costs be regarded as a privilege, and not a burthen upon a party. The plaintiffs were not compelled to give the required security before the next term of the court, and if the cause be in the meantime determined,…
2Cited by66 opinions
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- McKay v. Marshall National BankCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1897
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