Taney v. Edwards
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. A. W. Terrell. This was an action for malicious prosecution, brought by the appellee against the appellant. There was verdict and judgment in favor of Edwards, at the Fall Term, 1859, for $250 ; for which Taney, the defendant, appealed. The opinion states all other,necessary facts.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This is an action for malicious prosecution. Since the case has been pending in this court, both of the parties have died, and upon a suggestion of their death at a former term of the -court, it was revived in the names of their representatives. These orders were made hy the court without an inspection of the record, or its attention being called to the character of the suit. The act to regulate proceedings in the District Court, provides that in suits when the plaintiffs or defendants shall die before verdict, if the cause of action survive, the suit may be continued by or against their…
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