OF

CASES ARGUED AND ADJUDGED

IN THE

COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS

DURING THE

ENTIRE TYLER TERM, 1887, AND THE FIRST
PART OF THE GALVESTON
TERM, 1888.

REPORTED BY

JACKSON & JACKSON.

VOLUME XXIV.

AUSTIN, TEXAS:

HUTCHINGS PRINTING HOUSE.

1888.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight,

BY THE STATE OF TEXAS,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

PRESIDING JUDGE:

HON. JOHN P. WHITE.

JUDGES:

HON. JAMES M. HURT.

HON. SAMUEL A. WILLSON.

ATTORNEY GENERAL:

JAMES S. HOGG, Esq.

ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL:

W. L. DAVIDSON, Esq.

CLERKS:

JAMES L. WHITE, AT AUSTIN.
E. P. SMITH, at Tyler.
H. A. MORSE, AT GALVESTON.

REPORTERS:

A. M. JACKSON.

A. M. JACKSON, JR.