Hosack v. R. Darman & Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Marion. Tried below before the Hon. James H. Rogers. This was a suit in the ordinary form, brought January, 1875, to recover possession of a piano, with prayer for judgment for its possession or its value. Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs.
1Opinion of the Court
Reeves, Associate Justice.
It is not necessary to examine the assignment of error complaining of the admission in evidence of the oral declarations of the witness, J. P. Lyon, to prove his agency and his acts without producing the written evidence of his authority. Objections of this character must he made at the time the evidence is offered, and the ruling of the court must be shown by bill of exceptions before it will be revised by this court.
Appellants objected to the judgment on the verdict of the jury, and moved the court to reform it iu accordance with the verdict, and to find the piano…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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