Murray v. Evans
Decision Date | 06 February 1901 |
Citation | 60 S.W. 786 |
Parties | MURRAY v. EVANS. |
Court | Texas Court of Appeals |
J. W. Hill, for plaintiff in error.
The basis of this action is the following pleading: This petition or motion was filed September 20, 1899. No citation or notice to the defendant Murray was issued, but the record contains the following acceptance of service: This paper was filed October 3, 1899. October 6, 1899, a judgment was rendered against the defendant Murray for the amount due on the judgment against O'Daniel and Thaison, with interest thereon at 8 per cent. from the date of the judgment under consideration. This judgment recites that the defendant Murray made default, but also states that the court heard evidence before rendering judgment.
There is no statement of facts in the record. The defendant Murray has brought the case to this court by writ of error, and assigns numerous errors for which a reversal is sought. Without referring to the assignments in detail, the opinion will consider and determine the principal questions presented, and those not referred to in the opinion are nevertheless decided against the plaintiff in error.
Treating this proceeding as it was treated in the court below, and evidently intended by the plaintiffs in that court, as a motion against the defendant on account of his failure to execute a writ of execution, as authorized by article 2386 of the Revised Statutes, we are of opinion that the waiver and acceptance of service filed by the defendant dispensed with the issuance and service of notice of the motion as required by that article. Conceding, as contended by counsel, that a distinction exists between a citation and the notice required by article 2386, and that the waiver of citation alone would not operate as a waiver of notice, still we thin...
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