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25 Tex. 176

Morrison v. Hodges

Texas Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1860

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1860-10-15

Error from Gonzales. The case was tried before Hon. Fielding Jones, one of the district judges. Hodges, who was the guardian of the minor children of Virginia and Calpurnia Jones, heirs of A. Jones, deceased, sued Wesley Morrison, James G. Wilson, and Asa C. Hill. • The citation described “Hodges, administrator” of A. Jones, deceased.

Decided 1860-10-15

Bell, J.

¶1—The plaintiff describes himself, in the petition, as the guardian of the minor children, Virginia and Calpurnia Jones. The note sued on describes him as the “guardian of the minor children of A. Jones, deceased.” He is also described as guardian in the citation. But the *177judgment is rendered in Ms favor, naming Mm as J. J. Hodges, administrator, as aforesaid.” -He had nowhere before been called administrator, excejpt in the statement of the cause preliminary to the entry of judgment. He is called “ administrator ” in the bond for error and in the citation in error. ■

¶2Although all this exhibits great negligenc'e in maMng up the record in the different stages of the cause, we do not think it is error, for wMch the judgment can be reversed. The words “guardian,” &c., and “administrator,” may be treated, wherever they occur, as mere surplusage, or as merely descriptive of the person named.

¶3"We will decline, however, to award damages, because of the suing out of the writ of error. The judgment is

¶4Apeirmed.

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