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25 Tex. 317

Cottrell v. Teagarden

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1860

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1860-07-01

Error from Trinity. Tried below before the Hon. James M. Maxcy. This was a suit by 0. Teagarden against J. L. Cottrell, on an account for $477 49 cents. The defendant pleaded a former judgment in his favor on the merits, in a suit brought against him by one Theodore Frois, on the same cause of action, as the assignee and owner of the account.

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently November 1880

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Decided 1860-07-01

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Bell, J.

¶1The transcript of the record in the case of Frois v„ Cottrell, which was offered in evidence by the defendant in the court below, was admissible in support of his answer. But there is no statement of facts in the case now before us; and we can not, therefore, say that the judgment of the court below ought to be reversed, because the evidence offered by the defendant was ruled out by the court. Whenever this court is asked to reverse the judgment of the District Court, because evidence which was offered, and which was properly admissible, was ruled out, it is incumbent on the party thus seeking the reversal of the judgment, to bring into this court a statement of the facts which were in evidence on the trial below, in order that the materiality of the evidence which was rejected may be seen; and that this court may be able to determine whether or not the evidence offered and rejected could have influenced the verdict of the jury if it had been admitted. As there is no statement of facts, we can not say there is error in the judgment of the court below, and the same is therefore affirmed.

¶2Judgment affirmed.

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