Watkins v. Minter
Texas Supreme Court
Questions certified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Sixth District, in an appeal from Hopkins County.
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Chibe Justice PHILLIPS
delivered the opinion of the court.
The questions which are certified by the honorable Court of Civil Appeals for our determination arise upon the action of the trial court in sustaining the general demurrer of the defendants there, L. B. Minter, A. H. Minter, and L. A. Lollar, to the petition of the plaintiff in the suit, J. C. Watkins.
The petition contained two counts. Under the first, recovery was sought in the sum of $3000 upon a bond executed by the defendants, which reads as fpllows:
“Official Bond.
State of Texas,
County of Hopkins.
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