Legal Opinion

Mayhew & Co. v. Harrell

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 13, 1909PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Error from the District Court of Eastland County. Tried below before Hon. J. H. Calhoun.

1Opinion of the Court

DUNKLIN, Associate Justice.

J. J. Wright and Mattie M. Wright executed their promissory note in favor of Mayhew & Company, a corporation, for one thousand dollars. The payee endorsed and delivered the note to Mrs. J. C. Harrell, who sued the makers and endorsers. Judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff against J. J. Wright as principal and Mayhew & Company as endorser for the amount due on the note, but the court found that Mattie M. Wright was a married woman at the time she executed the note; that no facts existed to render her personally liable thereon or which would subject her…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Harris v. SchlinkeTexas Supreme Court · 1901
  2. Burditt v. HowthTexas Supreme Court · 1876
  3. Scudder v. CoxCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1904
  4. Kruegel v. BolanzTexas Supreme Court · 1907

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Doak v. BiggsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1921
  2. Glasscock v. BarnardCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1910
  3. Texas Bank & Trust Co. v. Bankers' Life Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1931
  4. Acree v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
  5. Bomar v. MorrisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1910

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