Bacon v. O'Connor
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. Peter W. Gray. This was a suit brought on the 15th day of April, 1857, by Cornelius O’Connor against Francis Bacon and the administrator of John O’Connor’s estate, for the purpose of subjecting to sale certain lots in the city of Galveston purchased by the defendant Bacon from Gormley and wife, and by them conveyed to him,, said Bacon, by deed, on the 8th day of October, 1856. The plaintiff alleged that he was surety for…
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Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. Peter W. Gray. This was a suit brought on the 15th day of April, 1857, by Cornelius O’Connor against Francis Bacon and the administrator of John O’Connor’s estate, for the purpose of subjecting to sale certain lots in the city of Galveston purchased by the defendant Bacon from Gormley and wife, and by them conveyed to him,, said Bacon, by deed, on the 8th day of October, 1856. The plaintiff alleged that he was surety for John O’Connor on a note for the sum of $1180 80, given for the purchase money of a tract of land containing 1476 acres;…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
It is shown by the record that John O'Connor purchased from the estate of one Fessenden, a tract of land situated in Colorado county, and that the appellee, Cornelius O’Connor, became the surety of John O’Connor upon a promissory note executed to the administrator of Fessenden’s estate, for the purchase money. This debt to Fessenden’s estate became due on the 4th of April, 1855; suit was commenced by Fessenden’s administrator, against John O’Connor and Cornelius O’Connor, for the recovery of this debt, on the 6th of November, 1855; judgment was obtained by Fessenden’s administrator on the…
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