Campbell v. Wilson
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Harrison. This suit was brought by the appellee as payee tc recover of the appellant as drawer the amount'dne upon a bill of exchange, a? follows: " Bowie county, Texas, December 21,1S44. Messrs. Fellows, John, son & Co., commission merchants, blew Orleans: Pay tb Emzy Wilson 01 order six thousand dollars, and charge the same to my account. “James P. Campbell.”
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Appeal from Harrison. This suit was brought by the appellee as payee tc recover of the appellant as drawer the amount'dne upon a bill of exchange, a? follows: " Bowie county, Texas, December 21,1S44. Messrs. Fellows, John, son & Co., commission merchants, blew Orleans: Pay tb Emzy Wilson 01 order six thousand dollars, and charge the same to my account. “James P. Campbell.” The petition stated that the residence of thfe plaint ill' was in the State oi Arkansas and that of the defendant in the State of Missouri. It set out the instrument sued on and alleged its making and delivery in this…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeleb, J.
The authorities and cases to which we have been referred by counsel in argument are for the most part those in which the question of jurisdiction lias arisen where a judgment rendered in one State or nation has been brought in question in the tribunals of another. It has then become an inquiry whether the court liad jurisdiction to render the judgment, and consequently the question lias been considered in an international point of view. A reference to these authorities will perhaps suffice for the consideration of this case; but they are to be received with the qualification that they must…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Barrell v. BenjaminMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1819
- Walton v. McNeilU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1794
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- Jones v. Louisiana Western Ry. Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1922
- Cofrode v. GartnerMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
- Watson v. BakerTexas Supreme Court · 1886
- Coleman v. ZappCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911
- Oglesby v. HarrisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1939
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