National Bank v. Texas Investment Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Tarrant. Tried below before Hon. R. E. Beckham. This suit was filed by appellant on the 17th day of August, 1884, against the Texas Investment Company, Limited, W. A. Garner, B. B. Paddock, George B. Loving, Eore, Morphy & Henderson (a firm composed of Walker Eore, W. J. Morphy, and R. M. Henderson), J. W. Dabbs & Co. (a firm composed of J. W. Dabbs, A. A. Henderson, R. M. Henderson* and Samuel T. Tomlinson), and an attachment sued out against the Texas…
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Appeal from Tarrant. Tried below before Hon. R. E. Beckham. This suit was filed by appellant on the 17th day of August, 1884, against the Texas Investment Company, Limited, W. A. Garner, B. B. Paddock, George B. Loving, Eore, Morphy & Henderson (a firm composed of Walker Eore, W. J. Morphy, and R. M. Henderson), J. W. Dabbs & Co. (a firm composed of J. W. Dabbs, A. A. Henderson, R. M. Henderson* and Samuel T. Tomlinson), and an attachment sued out against the Texas Investment Company, Limited, and levied upon a large amount of property shown in the return of the officer, and which plaintiff…
1Opinion of the Court
Gaines, Associate Justice.
This suit is founded upon a promissory note for §10,000 executed by “Texas Investment Company” through its general manager, and payable to the firm of Fore, Morphy & Henderson. The note was endorsed by W. A. Garner, B. B. Paddock, and George B. Loving, and delivered to the payees, and was subsequently endorsed by the latter and by R. M. Henderson, both in his own name and that of J. W. Dabbs & Co., and was delivered to plaintiff.
The petition shows that in executing the note the maker, the “ Texas. Investment. Company," acted as a corporation, bu-t it is averred that…
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