Lumpkin v. Brown
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Seventh Supreme Judicial District. Action by C. D. Brown against A. A. Lump-kin, administrator of the estate of Charles R. Jones, deceased. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals, which affirmed the judgment (206 S. W. 217), and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, J.
Defendant in error, C. L. Brown, sued A. A. Lumpkin, administrator of the estate of Chas. R. Jones, deceased, to recover the amount which he had paid to the administrator in satisfaction of certain notes executed by him which Jones had purchased.
The facts briefly are: That Brown subscribed for stock in the Enid, Ochiltree & Western Railway Company, a corporation organized under and by virtue of the laws of Texas, giving his note, secured by deed of trust upon certain lands, in payment thereof. The railway company, desiring to negotiate a loan of $25,000, executed through its board of…
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- Platt v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Tucker v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Russell v. FarquharTexas Supreme Court · 1881
- General Bonding & Casualty Insurance v. MoseleyTexas Supreme Court · 1920
- Lumipkin v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918
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