Garthwaite, Griffen & Co. v. Hart & Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Washington. Tried below before the Hon. Robert E. B. Baylor. This was a suit by Garthwaite, Griffen & Co., commenced on the 1st January, 1857, by writs of garnishment, against Bassett & Bassett, attorneys at law, and also against one W. A. Browning, to enforce the collection of their judgment against Sheegog & Wilson.
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Error from Washington. Tried below before the Hon. Robert E. B. Baylor. This was a suit by Garthwaite, Griffen & Co., commenced on the 1st January, 1857, by writs of garnishment, against Bassett & Bassett, attorneys at law, and also against one W. A. Browning, to enforce the collection of their judgment against Sheegog & Wilson. Browning answered, that he had given a note for $125, for the rent of the defendant’s (Sheegog’s) house, but did not recollect whether it was payable to Sheegog, or to Bassett & Bassett; that in January, 1857, one of the firm of Bassett & Bassett, told him the note…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
We are of opinion, that there is no error in the judgment of the District Court. The questions presented by the record, are the same as were presented, when the cause was before this court, at a former term, (22 Texas Rep. 230,) with the. single exception of the question raised by the bill of exceptions of the plaintiffs, in relation to the admissibility of the testimony, or what was sought to be used as the confessions of B. E. Sheegog.
The statute of 1858, (Oldham & White, Art. 481,) provides, that either party to a suit, may examine the opposing party, as a witness, either personally in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bassett v. Garthwaite, Griffin & Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1858