Legal Opinion

Chestnutt v. Pollard

Texas Supreme Court

Decided April 29, 1890No. 6624PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Error from Clay. Tried below before Hon. B. F. Williams»

1Opinion of the Court

GAINES, Associate Justice.

—The appellee instituted a suit against appellant upon a promissory note and to enforce a vendors lien for its payment. The number of this suit was 422. Cause No. 409 upon the docket of the same court was a suit for divorce, in which T. D. Morris was plaintiff and Joanna Morris was defendant. The plaintiff in the case first mentioned obtained a recovery, but in entering the judgment upon the minutes the number of the second suit was stated in the style of the cause. The plaintiff in error thereupon sued out this writ of error, complaining of the judgment of defendant…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ximenes v. XimenesTexas Supreme Court · 1875
  2. McNairy v. CastleberryTexas Supreme Court · 1851
  3. Gerald v. BurtheeTexas Supreme Court · 1867

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Scheller v. GroesbeckTexas Commission of Appeals · 1921
  2. Taylor v. DoomCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1906
  3. Garrett v. KatzCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1930
  4. Harrisburg Nat. Bank v. Geo. C. Vaughan & SonsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1947
  5. Nissan v. Weiss (In Re Weiss)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1999

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