Watrous v. Halbrook

Citations

• 39 Tex. 572

Syllabus

<p>1. In a suit by the holder against the drawer of an unaccepted order for money, which is addressed to no one, but in other respects in the form of a check, no recovery can be had in the absence of allegations and proof of facts aliunde to establish the liability of the drawer.</p> <p>:2. The execution of such an instrument implies no promise on the part of the maker who issued it to pay to the one in whose favor it was drawn the sum of money specified in it.</p>