Paris Exchange Bank v. Beard
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Lamar. Tried below before the Hon. R. R. .Gaines. " The Paris Exchange Bank, claiming to be a private corporation under the laws of the State of Texas, brought suit .on the 28th day of August, 1876,- against G. and W. G. Beard, defendants, on a promissory note for the sum of one thousand dollars, dated August 25, 1873, and payable on ot before the 1st* day of January, 1875. Said note, as declared" on, was payable to L. H. and D. C. Staten, and recited that it was…
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Appeal from Lamar. Tried below before the Hon. R. R. .Gaines. " The Paris Exchange Bank, claiming to be a private corporation under the laws of the State of Texas, brought suit .on the 28th day of August, 1876,- against G. and W. G. Beard, defendants, on a promissory note for the sum of one thousand dollars, dated August 25, 1873, and payable on ot before the 1st* day of January, 1875. Said note, as declared" on, was payable to L. H. and D. C. Staten, and recited that it was given as the second payment for two tracts of land, containing sixty acres in each tract. The petition was in the usual…
1Opinion of the Court
Gould, Associate Justice.
This is a contest between the holders of three several non-negotiable' promissory notes or obligations, given at the' same time, and in payment for the same land, but maturing at. different dates; the appellant, the assignee of the note first due, claiming that his lien is en*363titled to priority. This is the sole ground of priority alleged in appellant’s pleadings. It appears, however, from the evidence, that the note which appellant holds was first assigned by the payees; and it is claimed, in the assignment of errors and in argument, that this priority of assignment…
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