Legal Opinion

Eccles v. Daniels

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1856PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Appeal from Colorado. Tried before the Hon. Nelson H. Hunger. The facts are stated in the Opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtHemphill, C. J.

Harrison Gregg, the administrator of Susan A. Gardner, deceased, in June, 1848, allowed a portion of the account, viz : the sum of one hundred and forty-four dollars, due from the estate to the appellant Eccles, for the hire of a negro boy, for the year 1845 ; and the account was also examined and approved, about the same time, by the Chief Justice.

The creditor, Eccles, having in September, 1854, attempted to enforce the payment of this debt, the appellee, W. Daniels, as administrator de bonis non of the deceased, filed, in Decern' her, 1854, his petition in the District Court to have the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Swenson v. Administrators of WalkerTexas Supreme Court · 1848
  2. Jones' Adm'r v. UnderwoodTexas Supreme Court · 1853
  3. Finley v. CarothersTexas Supreme Court · 1853
  4. Toliver v. HubbellTexas Supreme Court · 1851

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Howard v. JohnsonTexas Supreme Court · 1888
  2. Jones v. WynneTexas Supreme Court · 1939
  3. Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949
  4. Pullen v. BakerTexas Supreme Court · 1874
  5. Harper v. StroudTexas Supreme Court · 1874

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