Barnes v. Sparks
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Hamilton County. Tried below before Hon. J. W. Warren.
1Opinion of the Court
KEY, Chief Justice.
This suit originated in a Justice of the Peace Court, but was finally tried in the County Court without a jury, judgment rendered for the defendant, and the plaintiff has appealed. The 'suit was based on a promissory note for $100, dated January 7, 1905, due six months after date, with ten per cent attorney’s fees in the event it was placed in the hands of an attorney for collection. It was payable to the order of T. M. Dunnagan, and was endorsed by him in these words: “T. M. Dunnagan, without recourse.” It was signed by the defendant Sparks as maker of the note, and he did…
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