McCaulley v. Farmers' & Merchants' State Bank & Trust Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, Nolan County; W. W. Beall, Judge. Action by the Farmers’ & Merchants’ State Bank & Trust Company against R. L. McCaulley. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtDunklin, J.
R. L. McCaulley has prosecuted this writ of error from a judgment by default rendered against him in favor of the Farmers’ & Merchants’ State Bank & Trust Company. The suit was upon two-promissory notes, and the amount of the judgment was $7,234.67, which included principal, interest, and attorneys’ fees. In plaintiff’s petition, after setting out the notes, and after alleging the failure of the defendant to pay the same, the ad damnum clause reads as follows: “To plaintiff’s damage in the sum of seven thousand dollars.”
[1] Plaintiff in error insists that the amount of the judgment should…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Pecos & North Texas Railway Co. v. Canyon Coal Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1909
- First National Bank of Eagle Lake v. RobinsonTexas Supreme Court · 1911
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- Goodrich v. First Nat. Bank in HemphillCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934
- Inman v. Texas Land & Mortgage Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1935
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