Legal Opinion

Oxsheer v. Watt

Texas Supreme Court

Decided January 21, 1898No. 627PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from McLennan County. Watt sued F. G. Oxsheer and John T. Beall upon a promissory note and for foreclosure of a chattel mortgage upon property claimed by W. W. Oxsheer, who was made a defendant. Plaintiff had judgment for his debt and for foreclosure, and W. W. Oxsheer appealed and upon affirmance by the Court of Civil Appeals obtained writ of error.

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Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from McLennan County. Watt sued F. G. Oxsheer and John T. Beall upon a promissory note and for foreclosure of a chattel mortgage upon property claimed by W. W. Oxsheer, who was made a defendant. Plaintiff had judgment for his debt and for foreclosure, and W. W. Oxsheer appealed and upon affirmance by the Court of Civil Appeals obtained writ of error. The case upon certified questions is reported ante, p. 124.

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, Associate Justice.

The application for writ of error in this case presents a number of objections to the judgment of the District Court, but we deem it unnecessary to discuss any one of them except the second, which is in the following language: “The court erred in admitting in evidence over the objection of W. W. Oxsheer, as shown by his bill of exceptions, the certified copy of the alleged mortgage from F. G. Oxsheer to J. S. Corley, trustee, for the use of W. T. Watt, dated April 10, 1891.”

This assignment is based upon the0following statement of facts: The mortgage in question was…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Chator v. Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1888

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Behrens Drug Co. v. Hamilton & McCartyTexas Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Adams v. Houston Nat. BankTexas Commission of Appeals · 1928
  3. Bybee v. Embree-Mclean Carriage Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1911
  4. Harris v. WillsonTexas Supreme Court · 1933
  5. Shell Petroleum Corp. v. Royal Petroleum Corp.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1940

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