Legal Opinion

Longley Reeves v. Miller

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 3, 1921No. 2416Published

Appeal from District Court, Smith County; J. R. Warren, Judge. Suit by Longley & Reeves against Yancy Miller and others, consolidated with a suit against plaintiffs by T. H. Glezen. Prom the judgment rendered, the plaintiffs appeal. Appellants, partners, sued appellees Yancy Miller, Tiny Miller, and Johnnie Wilks on a promissory note for $1,500 and an open account for $699.55, which they claimed said appellees owed them.

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Appeal from District Court, Smith County; J. R. Warren, Judge. Suit by Longley & Reeves against Yancy Miller and others, consolidated with a suit against plaintiffs by T. H. Glezen. Prom the judgment rendered, the plaintiffs appeal. Appellants, partners, sued appellees Yancy Miller, Tiny Miller, and Johnnie Wilks on a promissory note for $1,500 and an open account for $699.55, which they claimed said appellees owed them. Appellants also sought by their suit to foreclose a mortgage given by said appellees on crops grown by them to secure said note and account; and, alleging that said appellees…

1Opinion of the Court

Notwithstanding they relate to distinct and different matters, the first and second assignments of error are grouped in appellants' brief, and only one proposition is submitted under them. Such grouping is a violation of the rules, and therefore the assignments will not be considered. Palm v. Theumann, 201 S.W. 421.

The finding of the jury that the cotton which appellee Yancy Miller turned over to appellants in 1918 and 1919 was worth $2,538 is attacked as without support in the testimony. We have not thought it necessary to determine whether the contention should be sustained or not, because…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Smith v. HesseyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911
  2. Burnett v. Continental State Bank of AltoCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916
  3. Palm v. TheumannCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918

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