Hall v. Jackson
Texas Supreme Court
— "Writ of Error from Harris County. This was a suit to compel the specific performance of a contract, instituted by the defendant in error against the plaintiffs 'in error, in the Gralveston district court, and returnable to the fall term, 1841. The petition is as follows: “ The petition of Oliver P. Jackson represents, that Edwin Hall and Levi Jones are joint partners of certain lands lying on the island of Gralveston; and that the said Edwin Hall, one of the partners, in…
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— "Writ of Error from Harris County. This was a suit to compel the specific performance of a contract, instituted by the defendant in error against the plaintiffs 'in error, in the Gralveston district court, and returnable to the fall term, 1841. The petition is as follows: “ The petition of Oliver P. Jackson represents, that Edwin Hall and Levi Jones are joint partners of certain lands lying on the island of Gralveston; and that the said Edwin Hall, one of the partners, in New Orleans, on the 28th of June, in the year 1838, received of said Oliver P. Jackson the following pieces of land…
1Opinion of the Court
Ddr. Justice Wheelee,
after stating the facts of the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
To reverse the judgment, several objections to its legality are urged; of which, those which are deemed to require particular notice are, in substance:
1. That there was no legal change of venue, and that the district court of Harris county had no jurisdiction of the case.
2. That the petition does not contain averments sufficient to authorize the proof,' upon which the decree professes to be based; and that it is so “ vague, uncertain and indefinite, that no judgment or decree can be rendered upon it,…
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