Ransom v. Alexander
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Ellis. The case was tried before Hon. John J. Good, one of the district judges. In July, 1861, D. G. Ransom executed his note to J. T. Alexander, for $1,553 80. Afterwards, in April, 1862, being about to leave Texas to go to the other side of the Mississippi river, to be absent an indefinite length of time, Alexander placed this note, together with others on men in Ellis county, all due, in the hands of B. F. Hawkins, saying to him at the time he was about leaving…
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Error from Ellis. The case was tried before Hon. John J. Good, one of the district judges. In July, 1861, D. G. Ransom executed his note to J. T. Alexander, for $1,553 80. Afterwards, in April, 1862, being about to leave Texas to go to the other side of the Mississippi river, to be absent an indefinite length of time, Alexander placed this note, together with others on men in Ellis county, all due, in the hands of B. F. Hawkins, saying to him at the time he was about leaving the country, and wished to leave these notes with him, or words to that effect, but giving no directions, recollected…
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.
—This was a suit founded on a copy of a promissory note, the original alleged to be in the possession of plaintiff in error.
Judgment in the court below for principal and interest in favor of defendant in error.
We learn from the statement of facts that in April, 1862, Alexander, defendant in error, called on B. F. Hawkins, and stated to him that he was about leaving, to be absent for an indefinite length of time. He asked and obtained permission to deposit with Hawkins the note sued on. Ho instructions 'were given, and, so far as the record discloses, Hawkins was a mere bailee.
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