22 Tex. 645
Decided July 1, 1859
Texas Supreme Court · decided 1859-07-01
<p>Where a suit is upon a liquidated demand, the court may give judgment, on the withdrawal of an answer.</p>
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Decided 1859-07-01
Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently October 1931
3 state decisions
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¶1It was competent for the court, upon a withdrawal of the answer hy the defendants, to render judgment, the demand being liquidated, without the aid of a jury.
¶2This rule is well settled hy the cases of Cartwright v. Roff, 1 Tex. Rep. 78; Burton v. Lawrence, 4 Id. 373, and Wheeler v. Pope, 5 Id. 262. Upon the authority of those cases, the judgment of the court below is affirmed, with damages.
¶3Affirmed with damages.