Legal Opinion

Bennett v. Taylor

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 21, 1906PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Baylor County. Tried below before Hon. B. M. Britain.

1Opinion of the Court

SPEER, Associate Justice.

Carter Taylor sued A. L. Stell and R. G. Bennett in the County Court of Baylor County to recover on a promissory note for $400 with interest and attorneys’ fees. Defendant Bennett answered to the effect that he.signed the note as surety for Stell, which fact was known to plaintiff, and with an agreement upon the part of Stell that he (Stell) would give the plaintiff a mortgage on one hundred head of unincumbered cattle, which he did at the time he gave the note; that plaintiff accepted said mortgage but negligently failed to file the same for registration until after…

2Cited by13 opinions

  1. Langeveld v. L. R. Z. H. Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1977
  2. D. W. Jaquays & Co. v. First Security BankArizona Supreme Court · 1966
  3. Golden v. First State Bank of BomartonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1931
  4. Ramsey v. WahlTexas Commission of Appeals · 1921
  5. Lee v. First Nat. Bank of PurdonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923

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