Legal Opinion

Harfst v. State Bank of El Campo

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 15, 1909PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Wharton County. Tried below before Hon. Wells Thompson.

1Opinion of the Court

BEESE, Associate Justice.

This suit was instituted in the District Court by the State Bank of El Campo against Henry Harfst, Fritz Bender and Emil Kubesch, upon two certain promissory notes for $500 each, with ten percent per annum interest and ten percent additional attorney’s fees. Upon trial the court sustained the general demurrer and special exceptions of plaintiff to the defendants’ answers and, defendants declining to amend, rendered judgment for plaintiff upon proper proof for principal and interest due on the notes, together with ten percent thereon additional as attorney’s fees as…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Wilson v. DentonTexas Supreme Court · 1891

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Smith v. National Resort Communities, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Bush v. GaffneyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
  3. Schroeder v. ZykanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1953
  4. Groce v. P. B. Yates Mach. Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1926
  5. Payne v. BeaumontCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922

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