Baird v. Ratcliff
Texas Supreme Court
Error ironi Tyler. This suit was instituted upon two notes, one for §100, ami tiie other for 8350. There was a motion to strike out the plea of set-off, on tiie ground that tiie account was barred by limitation.
1Opinion of the Court
IlMMi'iiiLL, Cu. J.
The defendant employed the plaintiff to commence and prosecute a suit at law for tiie recovery of some negro slaves, and agreed to-' him a fee of five hundred one hundred dollars as a fee, for which lie liis note. lie executed also another note for three hundred and fifty dollars, a pair of mill stones being taken for fifty dollars, tiie whole amounting to five hundred dollars. Tiie suit was instituted, (tiie petition filed, however, by another attorney,) but before tiie termination of tile suit the plaintiff was elected one of tiie district judges, and tiie suit was…
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