Houston Transfer & Carriage Co. v. Williams
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of First Supreme Judicial District. Suit by Mrs. Emma Williams against the Houston Transfer & Carriage Company and others. Fr-om a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals (201 S. W. 712), affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
SPENCER, J. Mrs. Emma Williams,
defendant in error, brought this suit to recover of plaintiffs in error upon certain promissory notes, which plaintiff in error Houston Transfer & Carriage Company, a corporation, by its president, W. I. Ford, had executed to O. C. Williams, the deceased husband of defendant in error; the notes having been indorsed by R. R. Eagan and plaintiffs in error W. I. Ford, George A. Hill, and N. E. Hildebrand.
The notes were executed as part of the consideration for the sale by C. C. Williams to the corporation of a transfer business in the city of Houston. Plaintiffs in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Newton v. NewtonTexas Supreme Court · 1890
- Cottrell v. Babcock Printing Press Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1886
- Houston Transfer & Carriage Co. v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
3Cited by19 opinions
- Pugh v. TurnerTexas Supreme Court · 1946
- MIDLANDS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY v. Apple Lines, Inc.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1972
- Pitts v. AshcraftCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1979
- Texas Shop Towel, Inc. v. HaireCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1952
- Quanah, A. & P. Ry. Co. v. WisemanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
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