Grant v. McKinney
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Walker. Tried below before the Hon. J. it. Burnett. The principal facts are stated in the opinion. Reily was appointed the original administrator of Hanna, at the December term, 1867, of the probate court of Walker county; and the order for his removal was made on the 1st of- April, 1869. This latter order purports to have been made on the application of A. T. McKinney, and this application bore the file mark of April 1st, 1869. The material recitals of the order…
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Error from Walker. Tried below before the Hon. J. it. Burnett. The principal facts are stated in the opinion. Reily was appointed the original administrator of Hanna, at the December term, 1867, of the probate court of Walker county; and the order for his removal was made on the 1st of- April, 1869. This latter order purports to have been made on the application of A. T. McKinney, and this application bore the file mark of April 1st, 1869. The material recitals of the order are shown in the head notes. McKinney’s application informed the probate court that Reily had sold all the property of…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
John Reily and Robert Hanna, in the lifetime of Hanna, were partners in trade. Hanna dying, Reily was appointed the administrator of the estate. He qualified and gave bond, with George W. Grant, the plaintiff in error, and J. A. Stranahan as his sureties. Reily was subsequently removed from the administration, and McKinney appointed de bonis non. McKinney brought this suit against Reily and his securities on the official bond. At the March term, 1871, judgment was taken against Reily and Stranahan by default. Grant made defense to the action, but there was a verdict and judgment against him…
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