Jenkins v. Morgan
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Johnson County Court; B. Jay Jackson, Judge. Action by R. Morgan against W. N. Jenkins and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. The first two assignments of error, and appellee’s counter assignments thereto, are as follows: First Assignment of Error.
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Appeal from Johnson County Court; B. Jay Jackson, Judge. Action by R. Morgan against W. N. Jenkins and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. The first two assignments of error, and appellee’s counter assignments thereto, are as follows: First Assignment of Error. The court erred in sustaining the appellee’s objection to the testimony of Lon Hopkins, Kelley Stevenson, and John Jenkins, and in refusing to allow their evidence to go to the jury, which testimony would have been to the effect that they had seen other stump pullers in operation, and knew the amount of power or…
1Opinion of the Court
Appellee brought this suit upon two promissory notes; the first note being in the principal sum of $418, signed by appellants, W. N. Jenkins and J. A. and W. L. Donoho, and secured by a chattel mortgage signed by Jenkins on 2 mules, 45 acres of cotton, 50 acres of corn, a cultivator, and a wagon. The second note was in the principal sum of $155, secured by a chattel mortgage on one stump puller; note and mortgage signed by Jenkins alone. Plaintiff sued for his debt, evidenced by the two notes, principal, interest, and attorney's fees, and for foreclosure of his mortgages.
Appellants pleaded…
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