Hall v. Hall
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Brazoria. This suit was instituted on the 3rd of June, 1845, by the appellant against W. D. C. Hall, on a note and instrument claimed to be a mortgage or lien.
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Appeal from Brazoria. This suit was instituted on the 3rd of June, 1845, by the appellant against W. D. C. Hall, on a note and instrument claimed to be a mortgage or lien. The note was as follows : “ $9,645. Brazoria, 2nd December, 1840. “ Twelve months after date, we, or either of us, promise to “ pay Susannah Hall, administratrix of the estate of William “ S. Hall, deceased, or order, the sum of nine thousand six “ hundred and forty-five dollars, being for negroes purchased “ at an administrator’s sale of said succession. “WARREN D. 0. HALL. “ EDWARD WALLER.” The instrument referred to as a…
1Opinion of the CourtLipscomb, J.
This suit was brought to recover the amount of a note given by the defendant to the plaintiff, on the second day of December, A. D., 1840, and to enforce a lien for the payment of the note aforesaid, on certain negroes named in the petition, for the purchase of which the note was given. There was a general demurrer filed, to the petition, which was sustained by the Court; which is assigned as the first error, by the counsel for the appellant.
To enable us to determine whether the demurrer was correctly sustained, we will recite briefly the substance of the petition. It alleges that Warren D.…
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