Legal Opinion

Cockrell v. Ellison

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 25, 1911PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Error from Jones County Court; Jas. P. Stinson, Judge. Suit by J. V. Cockrell against B. W. Ellison and others. Judgment in' favor of defendants J. W. Bogar & Co. and awarding defendant Ellison -damages on a cross-complaint, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtConner, C. J.

The plaintiff in error instituted this suit against B. W. Ellison and J. W. Bogar & Co., alleging, in substance, the execution by B. W. Ellison of three certain promissory notes, one for $25, one for $125, and one for $100, each of which was secured by a separate chattel mortgage on certain personal property. The plaintiff sought judgment upon the notes and to foreclose mortgages, and further alleged that the defendant, Ellison, was a tenant and had raised a crop upon premises specified during the year 1908, and he prayed for recovery-for the rents and a foreclosure of the landlord’s lien.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Steed v. PettyTexas Supreme Court · 1886
  2. Sanders v. BridgesTexas Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Waggoner v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1907
  4. Ferguson-McKinney Dry Goods Co. v. City National BankCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1903

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Luckenbach v. ThomasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  2. Payne v. BeaumontCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
  3. Lower Colorado River Authority v. BurtonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1943
  4. Riley v. PalmerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
  5. Houston & T. C. R. v. MontgomeryCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916

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