George v. Taylor
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Guadalupe. Tried below before the Hon. G. H. Noonan. Suit by Taylor against John E. George, Hoses B. George and Joseph Zorn, Jr. The judgment is against Moses B. George and Joseph Zorn, and Zorn alone appeals.
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Appeal from Guadalupe. Tried below before the Hon. G. H. Noonan. Suit by Taylor against John E. George, Hoses B. George and Joseph Zorn, Jr. The judgment is against Moses B. George and Joseph Zorn, and Zorn alone appeals. Plaintiff alleged that J. E. and M. B. George and L. B. Taylor were partners, trading in mules, and that M. B. George sold eight of the mules to one Alexander for $800, and received in payment therefor Alexander’s draft on Phelps, McCulloch & Co., New Orleans, payable to L. B. Taylor, who indorsed the same for purpose of collection, and sent it to his commission merchant in…
1Opinion of the Court
Quinan, J. Com. App.
The errors assigned in this case are:
1st. The court erred in its order of December, 1811, reinstating the above case, because there was no merit in the application to reinstate, and because the motion was not filed within the two days required by the statute.
2d. The judgment of the court is erroneous and should have been for the defendant.
3d. The court erred in overruling defendant’s motion for a new trial.
4th. The judgment of the court is contrary to the law and the evidence, and especially as to the defendant Zorn.
The grounds for granting a new trial are, that the…
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