Shaw v. Southland Life Ins. Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, Dallas County; Kenneth' Foree, Judge. Suit by the Southland Life Insurance Company against B. A. Lamar, N. A. Shaw, and another. To review judgment by default against B. A. Lamar for the amount sued for, and against N. A. Shaw for the sum of $1,-000 and $100 attorney’s fees, N. A. Shaw brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
Defendant in error, Southland Life Insurance Company, filed this suit against B. A. Lamar, J. D. Sanderson, and plaintiff in error, N. A. Shaw. Lamar was sued upon his promissory note for $3,559.40 ; and Sanderson and Shaw were sued as Lamar’s bondsmen on said indebtedness. It is alleged that Lamar, as principal, and Sander-son and Shaw, as sureties, executed a bond, containing, among others, the following stipulation:
“Kno*; all men by these presents that Col. B. A. Lamar, of Texarkana, Ark., as principal, and .-and-, as sureties, acknowledge themselves indebted unto the Southland Life…
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