Legal Opinion

Dickson v. Burke

Texas Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1866PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Error from Hill. The case was tried before Hon. John Gregg, one of the district judges. It appears by the record that the citation was served upon Ingram, the partner and co-defendant of the plaintiff in error, on the 8th day of October, 1859. All other facts • appear in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.

—The defendant in error, Burke, instituted this suit upon two promissory notes and a mortgage executed by “ Dickson & Ingram,” a mercantile firm composed of the said William W. Dickson and George W. Ingram. At the fall term, 1859, of the District Court of Hill county, a joint judgment was rendered against them by default in favor of the defendant for $2,294 84, and the mortgaged property ordered to be sold.

Dickson has brought the case to this court alone by writ of error, his co-defendant, George W. Ingram, in the court below, not joining in the writ, or being before this court in any way.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Willie v. ThomasTexas Supreme Court · 1858

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. J. M. Hamilton & Co. v. PrescottTexas Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Wood v. City of GalvestonTexas Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Drake v. YawnCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
  4. Bradford v. TaylorTexas Supreme Court · 1885
  5. Farmers' Nat. Bank v. Dublin Nat. BankCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932

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