Connally v. W. H. Lyons & Co.
Texas Supreme Court
This suit was originally brought by W. H. Lyons & Co., merchants, of New York, against Nathan Connally, to hold him personally liable for certain goods, wares, and merchandise sold by them to the firm of Connally & Co., of Sulphur Springs, at his instance and request. Defendant answered by general demurrer, and specially excepted to the petition that there was no allegation that the Connallys were insolvent and unable and unwilling to pay.
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This suit was originally brought by W. H. Lyons & Co., merchants, of New York, against Nathan Connally, to hold him personally liable for certain goods, wares, and merchandise sold by them to the firm of Connally & Co., of Sulphur Springs, at his instance and request. Defendant answered by general demurrer, and specially excepted to the petition that there was no allegation that the Connallys were insolvent and unable and unwilling to pay. Defendant excepted, also, that the petition disclosed a want of proper parties, and that the account was barred by limitation. The demurrers and exceptions…
1Opinion of the Court
GARRETT, Presiding Judge,
Section B.—Appellant’s first, second, and eighth assignments of error raise the question of parties as presented by his exceptions to the petition, but only on the ground that the persons who were claimed to be necessary parties were such as beneficiaries in a trust, and not as partners. If Connally & Co. were a partnership, all of the partners would be necessary parties to an action of debt for the price of the goods. It is not necessary to consider whether they would be in a suit for the value of the goods, if the possession thereof was obtained by the fraudulent…
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