Morris County Nat. Bank v. Parrish
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Morris County ; J. A. Ward, Judge. Suit by the Morris County National Bank against W. M. Parrish and others. From judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals. Appellee Parrish was county treasurer of Morris county.
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Appeal from District Court, Morris County ; J. A. Ward, Judge. Suit by the Morris County National Bank against W. M. Parrish and others. From judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals. Appellee Parrish was county treasurer of Morris county. The other appellees were sureties on a bond made by him as such treasurer in November, 1914. Appellant claimed to be the duly qualified depository, under the act of 1905 (Vernon’s Statutes, arts. 2440 to 2453), of moneys belonging to said county. The suit was by appellant on said bond for $6,245.61, which it claimed to be damages it was entitled to…
1Opinion of the Court
The contentions presented by the assignments are that the trial court erred: (1) When he refused to permit appellant to prove by the witness Lasater that the bond sued upon was duly approved by the commissioners' court; and (2) when he excluded the bond as evidence. It would serve no useful purpose to determine whether the trial court erred as claimed or not, for, if it were determined that he did, we would be bound, nevertheless, to affirm the judgment. It does not appear from the record that appellant either proved or offered to prove that Parrish as county treasurer held moneys he was…
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