Legal Opinion
Redmond v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 13, 1899PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from the County Court of Bexar. Tried below before Hon. Peter Jonas.
1Opinion of the Court
NEILL, Associate Justice.
—This suit was brought by appellant against appellees, Thad W. Smith, P. Ornelas, Juan E. Barrera, and Oscar Bergstrom, upon a promissory note made and signed by each of them as principals for $550. The note is dated August 16, 1898, and is made payable to Redmond six months after its date.
Ornelas pleaded, in abatement to the jurisdiction of the County Court, that he is and has ever been a citizen of the Republic of Mexico; that he is not and hath never been a citizen of the Hnited States nor of the State of Texas; that he is and hath been for more than ten years past…
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