Gaston & Ayres v. J. I. Campbell Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court, of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Harris County. Gaston & Ayres intervened in the receivership of the property of-the J. I. Campbell Co., and had judgment for a part of their claim only, which was affirmed on their appeal. Thereupon they obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ramsey
The District Court for the Fifty-Fifth Judicial District appointed a receiver of all and singular the properties of the J. I. Campbell Company, a company which had theretofore been incorporated under the laws of this State. The plaintiffs in error, Gaston & Ayres, intervened in this receivership suit and sought to recover on a note for $12,500 dated at Houston, Texas, December 30, 1904, made by I. L. Campbell, payable to Boss L. Clark, due one year after date with interest from date at the rate of seven percent per annum. This note was negotiable in form. It bore the following endorsement:…
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