Cooper v. Singleton
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Rusk. Tried below before the Hon. William W. Morris. The facts are stated in the Opinion. The defendant had taken leave to amend ; and had filed the amendment twenty-one days before the case was called for trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Hemphill, Ch. J.
Suit on two notes executed by the appellant, Cooper, payable to William Crisp or bearer.
The defendant pleaded, in substance, that the notes were given in part for the purchase money of a tract of land of one hundred and sixty acres, which is described by its boundaries; that the tract was sold to defendant by William Crisp, the payee in the notes, on the day of their date, viz : the 26th of September, 1854 ; that on that day the said Crisp, in consideration of the sum of seven hundred dollars, of which the said notes constituted a part, executed a warranty title deed to…
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