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21 Tex. 460

Gay v. Raines

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1858

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1858-07-01

<p>Error from Rusk. Tried below before Hon. C. A. Frazer. The facts are stated in the Opinion.</p>

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently May 1880

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Hemphill, Oh. J.

¶1Suit on note, copy of which is as follows: $367 00.

¶2Twelve months after date we, or either of us, promise to pay Taylor Brown, administrator of David B. Brown, deceased, or bearer, the sum of two hundred and sixty-seven dollars for value received, bearing ten per cent, interest after maturity, until paid. February 10th, 1854.

¶3(Signed,) H. M. Gay,

¶4William Bailey.

¶5And the petition alleges that defendant promised to pay the sum mentioned in the note, to-wit: two hundred and sixty-seven dollars.

¶6There was possibly a mistake in copying the note, and in the averment of its amount, as the figures at the head of- the note are for three hundred instead of two hundred and sixty-seven dollars. The verdict at the Spring Term, 1857, for $449 07 1-2 was probably come at on the supposition that the *461note was for the former sum; but is clearly excessive on. a note for two hundred and sixty-seven dollars. This is the amount however for which the plaintiff has sued, and the defendant in error having failed to release the excess the judgment must be reversed and remanded.

¶7Reversed and remanded.

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