San Patricio County v. McClane

Citations

• 58 Tex. 243
• 1 Tex. L. R. 791
• 1883 Tex. LEXIS 6

Syllabus

<p>1. Confederate money contracts.— The conclusion announced on a former appeal of this case (41 Tex., 392), to the effect that where suit is brought upon a contract for labor done, payable in Confederate notes, a plea setting up such fact is good to the extent of inquiring into the actual value of the labor performed, which actual value may be recovered.</p> <p>2. Action.— The holder of a county warrant issued under an order o£ the county court in 1862, could maintain an action thereon against the county, after the failure of its county court to take action thereon when it was presented to it for allowance.</p> <p>3. County warrants.— Under the act of March 16, 1848 (Pasch. Dig., 1229), the county court had power to issue interest-bearing warrants in payment for the erection of a court house or other necessary public building.</p>