May v. International Loan & Trust Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas. The International Loan & Trust Company, a Missouri corporation, filed its petition in the United States circuit court at Dallas, Tex., against J. J. May, Sr., a citizen of Texas, to recover from liim on two notes executed, on September 1, 1S90. Tiie petition alleged that tlie notes were secured by a deed of trust, and set forth so much of the deed of trust as provided for an option to…
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas. The International Loan & Trust Company, a Missouri corporation, filed its petition in the United States circuit court at Dallas, Tex., against J. J. May, Sr., a citizen of Texas, to recover from liim on two notes executed, on September 1, 1S90. Tiie petition alleged that tlie notes were secured by a deed of trust, and set forth so much of the deed of trust as provided for an option to declare the principal of the debt due in case of default on the interest. It also declared that the International Loan &…
1Opinion of the CourtParrange, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The first alleged error of which the plaintiff in error complains is that at the trial in the lower court he was not permitted to open and conclude the argument in the case. By statute the supreme court of the state of Texas is authorized to make rules of procedure, not inconsistent with the laws of the state, for its own government and the government of the other courts of the state, in order to expedite the dispatch of business. In pursuance of this authority the supreme court of the state of Texas -has provided a rule by which a defendant may secure the…
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