Taylor v. Bland

Citations

• 60 Tex. 29
• 1883 Tex. LEXIS 253

Syllabus

<p>1. Confederate money—Evidence.—In a suit on a promissory note given in 1863, and payable in “dollars” five years after date, the understanding of the parties as to the character of money in which it was to be paid may be shown from the nature of the transaction and its attendant circumstances. If payable in Confederate money, the holder was entitled to recover its value, estimated at the date of the contract.</p> <p>2. Limitation — Coverture.—A note executed to a feme sole who marries before its maturity, and, qualifying as administratrix after her marriage, inventoried the note as assets of the estate of a former husband, is subject to the law of limitation, which cannot be defeated by setting up coverture.</p> <p>8. Pleading.—A plea setting up matter in reply to the assertion of coverture, which had been pleaded to avoid limitation, need not be under oath.</p>