Legal Opinion

Ferris v. Streeper

Texas Supreme Court

Decided April 23, 1883No. Case No. 4092PublishedCited by 10 opinions

. Appeal from Grayson. Tried below before the Hon. Joseph Bledsoe. Streeper sued W. E. and Thos. L. Arnold, J. M. Cook, S. A. Cook and J. W. Orme, September 20, 1875, charging the execution of a note by the Arnolds to Orme and S. A. Cook, the indorsement of it by S. A. and J. M. Cook to Streeper, J. M. Cook joining therein as surety; that the note ■ was executed for the purchase money of certain land therein described; that Orme had since purchased the land with notice of…

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. Appeal from Grayson. Tried below before the Hon. Joseph Bledsoe. Streeper sued W. E. and Thos. L. Arnold, J. M. Cook, S. A. Cook and J. W. Orme, September 20, 1875, charging the execution of a note by the Arnolds to Orme and S. A. Cook, the indorsement of it by S. A. and J. M. Cook to Streeper, J. M. Cook joining therein as surety; that the note ■ was executed for the purchase money of certain land therein described; that Orme had since purchased the land with notice of the lien; that the consideration for the indorsement of the note by the Cooks was the conveyance by him of lot Ho. 10,…

1Opinion of the Court

Watts, J. Com. App.—

Appellant Ferris claims to have purchased the land upon which the lien was foreclosed from S. A. Cook, one of the defendants, pending this suit; and after the judgment was rendered he appeared and made a motion for a new trial in the name of S. A. Cook, which was overruled by the court, and he now assigns as errors such things as transpired on the trial, and which he claims were erroneous as to Cook.

In support of the proposition that a purchaser from one of the defendants pending the suit may appeal from a judgment rendered against such defendant, appellant relies upon…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Briscoe v. BronaughTexas Supreme Court · 1846
  2. Burford v. RosenfieldTexas Supreme Court · 1873
  3. Hughes v. Maddox's Ex'rsTexas Supreme Court · 1851
  4. Punchard v. DelkTexas Supreme Court · 1881

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Gunn v. CavanaughTexas Supreme Court · 1965
  2. Allied Drug Products Co. v. SealeTexas Commission of Appeals · 1932
  3. City of Ft. Worth v. Capps Land Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1918
  4. Waurika Oil Ass'n v. EllisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
  5. McCarthy v. Texas Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1921

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