Gilleland v. Drake

Citations

• 36 Tex. 676

Syllabus

<p>1. It is not competent to render a judgment for coin in an action for unliquidated damages.</p> <p>2. A principal who neither authorizes or ratifies a willful trespass committed by his agent, is not liable therefor.</p> <p>3. The Constitution of this State, wherein it recognizes justices of the peace as ex officio notaries public, does not abolish the ofidce of notary public as created by the act of 1846. (Paschal’s Digest, Article 4687.)</p>