George v. Vaughan

Citations

• 55 Tex. 129
• 1881 Tex. LEXIS 94

Syllabus

<p>1. Pleading.—A petition filed in a suit to recover damages for a refusal to record at legal rates an instrument required by law to be recorded, wliicli.fails to state either that the defendant was clerk of some particular court, and who, as such clerk, was authorized and required to record such instrument, or that he was authorized and required to record it, is bad on general demurrer. An allegation that the defendant was, at the time the instrument was tendered for record, clerk of-court, is not sufficient.</p>