Alexander v. Lewis
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Lamar. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Andrews. This suit was commenced by Charles Lewis, appellee, on the 24th of October, 1866, against Mary A. Alexander, executrix, and Simon B. Allen, Samuel A. Roberts, and'John W. Fraley, executors of the last will and testament of C. C. Alexander, deceased, and Josephine Alexander, executrix of A. M. Alexander, deceased, late partners, doing business under the name and style of A. M. & C. 0. Alexander, and A. S. Kottwitz…
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Appeal from Lamar. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Andrews. This suit was commenced by Charles Lewis, appellee, on the 24th of October, 1866, against Mary A. Alexander, executrix, and Simon B. Allen, Samuel A. Roberts, and'John W. Fraley, executors of the last will and testament of C. C. Alexander, deceased, and Josephine Alexander, executrix of A. M. Alexander, deceased, late partners, doing business under the name and style of A. M. & C. 0. Alexander, and A. S. Kottwitz and William Cloud, who, with said A. M. Alexander, constituted the firm of A. S. Kottwitz & Co. The suit was upon a…
1Opinion of the Court
Roberts, Chief Justice.
The principal questions in this case, as it was presented to the jury by the pleadings, and by tire evidence applicable to the pleadings, that were held to be good, arise upon the charge of the court, which is as follows, to wit:
“ The first charge is: "The court instructs you, that, if you believe from the evidence, that A. M. & C. C. Alexander were partners in a cotton enterprise, and that it was agreed -between them that, in the event of the death of either of them before said enterprise should be completed, then the survivor should carry it on and complete it the…
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