Alexander v. Witherspoon
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Harrison. The case was tried before Hon. J. B. Williamson, one of the district judges. On the 18th January, 1866, John IP.
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Appeal from Harrison. The case was tried before Hon. J. B. Williamson, one of the district judges. On the 18th January, 1866, John IP. Witherspoon and Mary 0. Alexander entered into an agreement, which read in substance: In the matter of the estate of L. 0. Alexander and the estate of Josiah Marshall, in regard to thirty-four bales of cotton, &c., which, &e., is now in the possession of the estate of L. 0. Alexander, which cotton is claimed by the estate of Josiah Marshall, the parties therefore agreed to refer the questions of claim and value to arbitration. On the 18th of April thereafter…
1Opinion of the CourtCoke, J.
This is a writ of error sued out upon a judgment of the district court of Harrison county, rendered upon an award of arbitrators, making said award the judgment of the court, and decreeing execution for its enforcement.
There are twenty-six assignments of error, many of them predicated upon papers, dates, &c., not found in the record. Upon an examination of the record, we find the entry of the judgment, which embodies, by way of recital, the agreement to submit and the award of the arbitrators. This, and the proceedings on the application for writ of error, is everything shown in the…
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