Baldwin v. Richardson & Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Nueces. Tried below before tbe Hon. J. B. Hurd. The material facts of the case are briefly but clearly stated in the opinion of the court. William Headen, one of the appellees, intervened in the suit, and claimed the land under title derived through the deed of trust executed by Richardson & Co. to N. O. Vineyard as trustee for J. W. Vineyard.
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Appeal from Nueces. Tried below before tbe Hon. J. B. Hurd. The material facts of the case are briefly but clearly stated in the opinion of the court. William Headen, one of the appellees, intervened in the suit, and claimed the land under title derived through the deed of trust executed by Richardson & Co. to N. O. Vineyard as trustee for J. W. Vineyard. The court below excluded this deed when first offered in evidence for the reason that the affidavit of the subscribing witness did not show by what particular person the deed was signed with the firm name of “Richardson & Co.” The intervenor…
1Opinion of the Court
Lindsay J.
At the suit of the appellants an attachment issued and was levied upon real estate, as the property of John M. Moore and J. A. Richardson, constituting a mercantile firm under the name and style of “ Richardson & Co.” The appellee intervened in the cause, and claimed the property by purchase from J. W. Vineyard, whom he alleged to have been the owner of the property at the time of the levy of the attachment. The firm of “ Richardson & Co.” was indebted to the appellants by note, in the suit for the recovery of the amount of which the attachment was sued out.
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