Andrews v. Richardson
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Fort Bend. Tried below before Hon. J. H. Bell. On the 26th day of December, 1842, League, Andrews & Co., recovered a judgment, in the District Court of Harris county against Stephen Richardson and Francis Moore for $2475 00 and costs of Court upon a debt secured by mortgage, in which judgment the Court decreed the sale of the mortgaged property.
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Appeal from Fort Bend. Tried below before Hon. J. H. Bell. On the 26th day of December, 1842, League, Andrews & Co., recovered a judgment, in the District Court of Harris county against Stephen Richardson and Francis Moore for $2475 00 and costs of Court upon a debt secured by mortgage, in which judgment the Court decreed the sale of the mortgaged property. On the 1st day of September, 1846, the Sheriff under process issued upon said judgment and decree, sells the mortgaged premises to the plaintiff for $2145 00, and executed a deed for the same to the plaintiff in which he recites the order…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
It appears that a jury was waived and the case submitted to the Court at the Fall Term, 1856. But it -does not appear upon what evidence, for the reason, doubtless, that the Court did not decide the cause upon the facts in evidence j but, having held it under advisement, dismissed it at the succeeding Term upon a motion then made. There having been no decision upon the merits, it was unnecessary to bring before this Court a statement of facts.
It appears that the ground of the motion to dismiss, and of the action of the Court thereon, was the previous order (at the Spring Term, 1847,) to the…
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