Williams v. Planters & Mechanics' National Bank
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Galveston County. Williams, temporary administrator of Ellis, the payee and endorser of the note sued on, obtained writ of error from a judgment affirming a recovery against him in the trial court.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
This suit was commenced in the District Court of Harris County against W. O. Ellis and others, and the venue was changed from Harris County to Galveston, where it was finally tried. Eugene Williams, as temporary administrator of W. O. Ellis, made himself a party to the suit and continued to defend it until the final trial was had, without any objection being interposed that he had not authority to do so. It is objected by the temporary administrator, that, before judgment was rendered in this cause, his appointment as such administrator had ceased, and that therefore…
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