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27 Tex. 31

Cornelius v. Thompson

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1863

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1863-07-01

Error from Rusk. Tried below before the Hon. C. A. Frazer. Suit by Benjamin F. Thompson and Taylor Brown, defendants in error, against Maria J. Cornelius, guardian of Thomas J. Cornelius, alleging that plaintiff and the said Thomas J. Cornelius made and delivered to one James H. Griffis, executor of the estate of Daniel Rowe, deceased, their joint and several promissory note ; that plaintiffs were the sureties upon said note; that Thomas J. Cornelius was the principal; that…

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently May 1915

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Decided 1863-07-01

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Bell, J.

¶1There is filed with the record, by the defendants in error, a remittitur of the sum of twenty-two dollars and eighty-five cents, and the interest thereon from the time of'the rendition *32of the judgment in the case of Griffis against Brown & Thompson, to the time of the rendition of the judgment in the present case. The clerk of this court will ascertain the amount of the interest on the sum of twenty-two dollars and eighty-five cents, and enter judgment for the amount recovered below, less the amount remitted in conformity with the remittitur on file.

¶2There is no other error in the judgment of the court below than the excess; but the judgment must be reformed at the costs of the defendants in error.

¶3Judgment reformed.

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