Legal Opinion
Jones, Lumber Co. v. Guaranty State Bank & Trust Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 3, 1913PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from District Court, Dallas County; E. B. Muse, Judge. Action by the Guaranty State Bank & Trust Company and others against the Jones Lumber Company and others. From a judgment, the defendant named and other defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRainey, C. J.
The following statement of the case is taken from appellees’ brief:
“On September 5, 1911, the appellee, Guaranty State Bank & Trust Company, brought this suit against John C. Underwood and M. Murphy and the city of Dallas. The suit was on a note of said Underwood for $4,500, and said note was indorsed by the defendant Murphy; that said note was in part a renewal of an original note for $2,000 of the said Underwood made in January, 1911; that said Underwood on the 9th day of January, 1911, as additional security for said original note, made an assignment to secure said note and any future…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- County of Harris v. CampbellTexas Supreme Court · 1887
- Beilharz v. IllingsworthCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1910
- A. A. Fielder Lumber Co. v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
- National Bank of Denison v. ColemanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
3Cited by2 opinions
- General Bonding & Casualty Ins. Co. v. City of DallasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
- Hemphill v. De WittCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1927