Callison v. Gray
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Tyler. Tried below before the Hon. James M. Maxcy. This was a suit brought by John 0. Callison on the 2d day of January, 1858, against William B. Gray for the recovery of $400, with interest thereon at the rate of ten per cent, per annum from the 25th day of December, 1857. The plaintiff relied on the terms of a bond executed by himself to the defendant in the sum of $800, as the foundation of his action, which was set forth as a part of his petition.
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Error from Tyler. Tried below before the Hon. James M. Maxcy. This was a suit brought by John 0. Callison on the 2d day of January, 1858, against William B. Gray for the recovery of $400, with interest thereon at the rate of ten per cent, per annum from the 25th day of December, 1857. The plaintiff relied on the terms of a bond executed by himself to the defendant in the sum of $800, as the foundation of his action, which was set forth as a part of his petition. The conditions of the bond were, that, whereas, Callison had sold to Gray 200 acres of the league of land granted to J. B. Cazinave,…
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, J.
The bond obligates Callison, under a penalty of eight hundred dollars, to prosecute the suit to effect of Callison & Albright v. Thompson, then pending in the District Court of *86Tyler county for a league of land, including the two hundred acres bargained by him to Gray, and to perfect their title to said league, and thereafter to make to said Gray a bona fide title to said two hundred acres upon the payment to him by Gray of four hundred dollars, the purchase money. It was stipulated that the said four hundred dollars should become due the first Christmas after said suit is decided, and to…
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