Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland v. Wiseman
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Harris County. The suit was- brought by Wiseman against Mrs. Swain and the Fidelity & Deposit Company. Judgment was for plaintiff against Mrs. Swain, but in favor of the Fidelity & Deposit Company. On Wiseman’s appeal the judgment was reversed and rendered in his favor against the Fidelity & Deposit Company, also. The company thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
This suit was brought by S. Wiseman against Mary F. Swain and the Fidelity Deposit Company of Maryland. The object of the suit was to recover upon a judgment rendered against W.J. Swain, in his lifetime, for $4477.13, in the District Court of Collin County, against Mrs. Swain as survivor of the community estate of herself and her deceased husband, W.J. Swain, and against her codefendant as surety upon her bond given under the statute for the administration of that estate.
The facts as developed by the testimony upon the trial were as follows: William J. Swain inaugurated the enterprise of…
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