Janson v. Jacobs
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. A. P. McCormick. Emilie C. Janson brought suit in the District Court of Galveston county against Jacobs and Meyer, who reside in Harris county, and Peter Bock, administrator of Joseph D. Funck, deceased, late of Galveston county. The petition alleged that in May, 1864, the deceased had deposited with Jacobs and Meyer $1,833 in specie, and that they executed a note therefor.
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Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. A. P. McCormick. Emilie C. Janson brought suit in the District Court of Galveston county against Jacobs and Meyer, who reside in Harris county, and Peter Bock, administrator of Joseph D. Funck, deceased, late of Galveston county. The petition alleged that in May, 1864, the deceased had deposited with Jacobs and Meyer $1,833 in specie, and that they executed a note therefor. That soon thereafter the said J. D. Funck died, leaving a will, in which all his property was left to petitioner ; that October, 1865, Bock was appointed administrator of…
1Opinion of the Court
Gould, Associate Justice.
Section 428. of an “Act prescribing the mode of proceeding in District Courts in matters of probate ” provides that “any person interested may, by a bill of review filed in the court in which the proceedings were had, have any decision, order, or judgment rendered under this act revised and corrected, on showing error therein.” (Paschal’s Dig., arts. 5791, 5792.)
It is not our opinion that a petition formed under this article must conform to the requisites of a bill of review in a court of chancery, nor do we think that the error to be shown in such a petition must…
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