Bute v. Brainerd

GAINES, Chief Justice.

Based upon the following statement, the question which succeeds it has been certified for our determination:

“Appellee, as the administrator of the estate of Samuel S. Brainerd, deceased, on the 5 th of June, 1896, sued appellants John Bute, Janies House Bute, and A. IT. Thomas in the County Court of Harris County, Texas, to recover the amount of a note executed by the defendants Bute and defendant Thomas jointly for the-sum of $500, payable to the order of one Matthew F. Connett, on or before the 31st of December, 1894, and which note the plaintiff, in due course of…