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25 Tex. 91

Hardison v. Hooker

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1860

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1860-07-01

Tried below before the Hon. James M. Maxcy. This was a suit brought by Eobert Hooker, as administrator of the estate of William Laneheart, against Seth Hardison, commenced by distress warrant, for $300 with interest, for rent, alleged to he due by virtue of an agreement in writing, made between the deceased and the defendant on the 5th day of December, 1857.

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Decided 1860-07-01

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Roberts, J.

¶1The plea of defendant set up a subsequent contract, by the breach of which he claimed to have been damaged. This was excepted to on the ground that there was no consideration for such subsequent contract alleged, as well as on other grounds. The court below correctly sustained this exception to the special plea. This action of the court dispensed with the necessity of the evidence referred to in defendant’s application for continuance. It is presumed that one reason why the application for continuance was held to be insufficient was the defect of this plea. We think that sufficient.

¶2There appear" in the transcript two judgments, just alike, except that the last one refers to the proceedings upon the distress warrant, and the other does not. It is probable that the last one was rendered as a substitute for the other; and an order setting aside the first entry was omitted by mistake. The appellee, to supply this omission, remits in this court any claim by virtue of the first entry of judgment. Therefore, the judgment will he reversed as to the first entry, and here rendered so as to affirm the judgment in the last entry.

¶3Judgment reformed.

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