Johnson v. Erado

Decision Date01 March 1899
Citation50 S.W. 139
PartiesJOHNSON v. ERADO et ux.
CourtTexas Court of Appeals

S. S. Hanscom, for plaintiff in error. Jas. B. & Chas. J. Stubbs, for defendants in error.

FLY, J.

This suit was instituted by F. Erado and Jane Erado to recover of appellant, as administrator of the estate of Julia Conrad. deceased, the sum of $250. A trial by jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for the amount claimed. The case was tried on November 29, 1897, a motion for a new trial being filed the next day, and overruled on December 16, 1897; and the statement of facts, in which were embodied several bills of exception, was not filed until January 15, 1898. Appellees have filed a motion to strike out the bills of exception because not filed within 10 days from the time the motion for new trial was overruled. In answer to the motion, appellant has filed affidavits of his counsel and the county judge who tried the case to the effect that on December 19, 1897, the latter, without the knowledge of appellant, left the state of Texas, and went to the city of New York, where he remained until in January, 1898, and that his whereabouts were not known to appellant or his counsel. It was further shown that a statement of facts was presented within 10 days from the time the motion for new trial was overruled, and presented to the counsel for appellee, who refused to sign it, but prepared another statement which, together with the statement prepared by appellant, was presented to the county judge upon his return from New York, who prepared the statement of facts contained in the transcript. We conclude that appellant did all in his power to obtain the bills of exception, and that he should not be held responsible for circumstances over which he had no possible control; and the motion to dismiss the bills of exception will be overruled.

The petition does not reveal the fact that the relation of man and wife existed between F. Erado and Jane Erado, and, the proof showing that the services were rendered by Jane Erado, the wife of F. Erado, it is contended that judgment should not have been rendered for appellees. The husband had authority to recover for the services rendered by his wife to Julia Conrad, and she was not a necessary, nor perhaps a proper, party to the...

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    • United States
    • Texas Court of Appeals
    • June 27, 1928
    ...Turner, 71 Tex. 264, 9 S. W. 149; San Antonio & Aransas Pass Ry. Co. v. Flato, 13 Tex. Civ. App. 214, 35 S. W. 859; Johnson v. Erado et ux. (Tex. Civ. App.) 50 S. W. 139; M. K. & T. Ry. Co. v. Jamison, 12 Tex. Civ. App. 689, 34 S. W. 674; M. K. & T. Ry. Co. of Texas v. Starr et ux., 22 Tex.......
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    • Texas Court of Appeals
    • June 8, 1934
    ...v. Newland, 57 Tex. 627; Lilly v. Yeary (Tex. Civ. App.) 152 S. W. 823; Lee v. Turner, 71 Tex. 264, 9 S. W. 149; Johnson v. Erado (Tex. Civ. App.) 50 S. W. 139; Western Union Tel. Co. v. Campbell, 36 Tex. Civ. App. 276, 81 S. W. 580; International & G. N. R. Co. v. Doolan, 56 Tex. Civ. App.......
  • White v. Carlton
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Appeals
    • November 5, 1925
    ...reference to the use of the property in Hill county would have been admissible. Lee v. Turner, 71 Tex. 264, 9 S. W. 149; Johnson v. Erado (Tex. Civ. App.) 50 S. W. 139; M., K. & T. Ry. Co. v. Starr, 22 Tex. Civ. App. 353, 55 S. W. Appellants complain of the action of the trial court in over......
  • Hill v. Kelsey, 11851.
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Appeals
    • December 7, 1935
    ...See, also, Lee v. Turner, 71 Tex. [264] 265, 9 S.W. 149, Middlebrook Bros. v. Zapp, 73 Tex. 29, 10 S.W. 732, and Johnson v. Erado (Tex.Civ.App.) 50 S.W. 139." In Breckenridge, etc., Co. v. Hutchens (Tex.Civ.App.) 260 S.W. 684, the court held that, while a married woman was without capacity ......
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