Bass v. Sevier

Citations

• 58 Tex. 567
• 1883 Tex. LEXIS 67

Syllabus

<p>1. Ancient instrument.— To entitle a power of attorney to be read as an ancient instrument it is not necessary that it should have been thirty years old at the date of instituting the suit in which it is offered as evidence; it is sufficient if it is thirty years old at tho time when ,it is offered in evidence. That the papers offered did not come from a proper custody, and were not free from suspicion on their face, was not made a ground of objection.</p> <p>2. Judgment against tenant in common.— A judgment rendered against one tenant in common on a plea of limitation is not conclusive on that issue in a subsequent proceeding brought against his cotenant, he not having been made a party to the first suit.</p>