Thompson v. Bohannon
Texas Supreme Court
Ebbob from Fort Bend. Tried below before the Hon. L. Lindsay. The two cases, numbered 1223 and 1224, constitute but proceedings in the same case. Suit was brought by the defendant in error, Bohannon, on two notes payable to him, one as guardian of Walter Jones, the other to him individually, both payable in Confederate bills of “the new issue,” and signed by Jesse Thompson, H. C. Thompson and John M. Weston.
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Ebbob from Fort Bend. Tried below before the Hon. L. Lindsay. The two cases, numbered 1223 and 1224, constitute but proceedings in the same case. Suit was brought by the defendant in error, Bohannon, on two notes payable to him, one as guardian of Walter Jones, the other to him individually, both payable in Confederate bills of “the new issue,” and signed by Jesse Thompson, H. C. Thompson and John M. Weston. It was alleged that the Confederate States bills were worth five per cent, of their face value, and that sum was claimed. Weston pleaded misjoinder of causes of action and the illegality…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
There is a motion filed in this court to consolidate these two cases and have them considered together. In No. 1223 suit was brought in the District Court on two promissory notes. One of the notes was given to William Bohannon, guardian of Walter Jones, for the sum of $2400. The other note was given to the plaintiff in his own right, for the sum of $2000. Both the notes were to be paid in Confederate money of what was called new issue. The notes are signed by Jesse Thompson, H. C. Thompson and John M. Weston. The plaintiff, in his petition, does not seek to recover the face of the notes, but…
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