Legal Opinion

Metzger v. Wendler

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1872PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Error from Kendall. Tried below before the Hon. George H. Noonan. This cause was a proceeding for a new trial in the case which immediately precedes it in this volume. The day on which this petition was filed is not noted in the transcript, but the citations to the defendants were issued on the tenth of January, 1870. The allegations of the petition were very full and specific.

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Error from Kendall. Tried below before the Hon. George H. Noonan. This cause was a proceeding for a new trial in the case which immediately precedes it in this volume. The day on which this petition was filed is not noted in the transcript, but the citations to the defendants were issued on the tenth of January, 1870. The allegations of the petition were very full and specific. The third head-note, however, is believed to give a fair abstract of the most material of them; and the rulings of this court do not seem to require anything more. A perusal of the preceding case between the same…

1Opinion of the CourtOgden, J.

September, 1868, the plaintiff in error brought suit in the district court on two promissory notes, bearing date October, 1861, and on the trial of the cause the defendants proved that the notes were given for, and fcy verbal agreement were payable in, Confederate money. The cause was submitted to a jury under proper instructions from the court, and verdict and judgment were rendered for the defendants. A motion for new trial was made and overruled, and the cause was brought here by a writ of error.

Subsequently the plaintiff below filed another petition in the district court, setting up…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Vardeman v. EdwardsTexas Supreme Court · 1858
  2. Scranton v. TilleyTexas Supreme Court · 1856
  3. Harrington v. BigelowNew York Supreme Court · 1846

3Cited by9 opinions

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  2. First Natl. Bank of Houston v. FoxTexas Supreme Court · 1931
  3. Houston City Street Railway Co. v. SciaccaTexas Supreme Court · 1891
  4. Bryorly v. ClarkTexas Supreme Court · 1877
  5. Aetna Ins. Co. v. DancerTexas Commission of Appeals · 1919

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