Haldeman v. Chambers
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Bastrop. Tried below before the Hon. Thomas H. DuVal. Suit commenced July 25 th, 1854, by Thomas J. Haldeman, John R. Birch and his wife, Mary Rircli, formerly Mary Haldeman, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and John A. Haldeman, of Illinois, against Thomas J. Chambers, of Liberty county, and David Haldeman, of Bastrop.
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Appeal from Bastrop. Tried below before the Hon. Thomas H. DuVal. Suit commenced July 25 th, 1854, by Thomas J. Haldeman, John R. Birch and his wife, Mary Rircli, formerly Mary Haldeman, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and John A. Haldeman, of Illinois, against Thomas J. Chambers, of Liberty county, and David Haldeman, of Bastrop. The petition alleged that J.esso Haldeman, late of said county of Bastrop, was the owner, in his lifetime, of a claim against the late Republic, for $13,300, at the scaled rate, evidenced by an audited certificate issued to said Jesse, October 18th, 1849 ; that said Jesse died…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The proof shows very satisfactorily that the defendant Chambers had a special object in view in making the,con tract, by which he obligated himself to make title to the land, in consideration of the assignment to him of the audited certificate of public debt. It was that'he might sell or hypothecate the certificate for a loan of money to meet his present, urgent necessities. And this was well known to the other contracting party, who acted, in making the contract, for himself, and as agent for these plaintiffs. The latter undertook and guaranteed that he had full power and authority from the…
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