Clay v. Clay
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Washington. This was an action brought by Tacitus F. Olay, Lucy A. Haskill and her husband, John A. Haskill, and Mary J. Burton and her husband, James A. Burton, heirs of Nestor Olay, deceased, against Tacitus Clay, in 1853, on two judgments amounting to something more than thirteen thousand dollars, recovered against the defendant on the 25th of April, 1849, in a Circuit Court of the State of Kentucky, by James W. Johnson as administrator of the estate of said…
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Appeal from Washington. This was an action brought by Tacitus F. Olay, Lucy A. Haskill and her husband, John A. Haskill, and Mary J. Burton and her husband, James A. Burton, heirs of Nestor Olay, deceased, against Tacitus Clay, in 1853, on two judgments amounting to something more than thirteen thousand dollars, recovered against the defendant on the 25th of April, 1849, in a Circuit Court of the State of Kentucky, by James W. Johnson as administrator of the estate of said Kestor Clay, deceased. The defendant moved to dismiss the petition on the ground that the judgments were foreign…
1Opinion of the Court
Hemphill, Ch. J.
This suit was brought by Tacitus F. Clay, Lucy A. Haskill and her husband, John A. Haskill, Mary J. Burton and her husband, James A. Burton, heirs of Hester Clay, deceased, on two judgments amounting to something more than thirteen thousand dollars, and recovered against the appellant, Tacitus Clay, on the 25th April, 1849, in a Circuit Court of the State of Kentucky, by James W. Johnson as administrator of the estate of the saidHestor Clay, deceased.
The petition was filed in 1853; and one of the first questions which arises in the cause is on the motion of defendant to…
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