City of Tyler v. L. L. Jester & Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Smith County. L. L. Jester & Co. sued the city of Tyler upon certain promissory notes, and having judgment, though for less than sued for, the city appealed. The judgment was reversed and rendered for appellee for a less amount than the recovery below, and the city thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BBOWN, Associate Justice.
in error sued the city of Justice. Tyler to recover upon seven notes, being numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of a series of ten notes, each dated on the 20th day of August, 1897, payable to the Tyler National Bank or bearer at respectively one to ten years from date, according to the number of the note. Each of the notes bore 6 per cent interest, payable semiannually on the 20th days of February and August of each year until the maturity thereof, and was for the sum of $1700, aggregating $17,000. Coupons were attáched representing each installment of interest which…
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