Hardin v. Blackshear

Citations

• 60 Tex. 132
• 1883 Tex. LEXIS 278

Syllabus

<p>1. Pleading.—See statement of ease for a cause of action pleaded, held good on demurrer.</p> <p>3. Trial by jury.— A discretion may be exercised by the district judge in allowing the deposit of the jury fee by the party who in time has applied for a jury, but who has failed to make the jury fee deposit, provided the same be made before trial, and when the exercise of such discretion works no injury to the complaining party.</p> <p>3. Evidence.— Parol evidence of the contents of pleading in another cause cannot be admitted, when the absence of the better evidence furnished by the papers themselves is not accounted for.</p> <p>4. Same.— A stranger to a judicial proceeding cannot be affected by the judgment rendered therein.</p> <p>6. Same.—The records of a county court, brought into the district court in the custody of the county clerk of the county, are admissible in evidence; it is otherwise when they find their way to some other county and are produced from the custody of a private individual.</p>