Herron v. De Bard

Texas Supreme Court
Herron v. De Bard, 28 Tex. 602 (Tex. 1866)
Coke

Herron v. De Bard

Opinion of the Court

Coke, J.

—The answer, under oath,- of the defendant in error to the petition for injunction is full and explicit, and denies all its material allegations. The indebtedness of He Bard to Peel, charged in the petition and alleged to have been transferred to plaintiff in .error, and the insolvency of He Bard as charged, are distinctly denied.

These averments presented the only ground shown by the petition entitling the plaintiff in error to the injunction. A denial of/the truth of either of them would have been sufficient to sustain the "motion, to dissolve. The whole case of the plaintiff in error is denied by the answer of the defendant. It is not perceived that the counter affidavit of the plaintiff in error adds anything to the equity, or in any way gives additional strength to his petition. This affidavit does not controvert the truth of that portion of the answer which denies the indebtedness to Peel, nor that portion of it which denies the insolvency of He Bard, and by failure to do so rather strengthens the force of the denials. Ho objection appears to have been made on the trial to the admission of this affidavit. "Whether it was properly Admitted is therefore not a question before us for decision,

*605The injunction was properly dissolved on defendant’s motion. There is no error in the judgment, and it is affirmed. (Minturn v. Seymour, 4 Johns., 173; Lively v. Bristow, 12 Tex., 60.)

Judgment affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
W. R. Herron v. E. J. De Bard
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1 case
Status
Published
Syllabus
Where an answer in an injunction cause denies all the material allegations in the petition, and the petitioner files an affidavit traversing one material fact, but leaves the truth of other equally material facts uncontroverted, it is proper to dissolve the injunction. (Paschal’s Dig., Arts. 3934, 3935, Note 947.) Where the injunction was properly dissolved, it becomes unnecessary to decide upon the propriety of reading the affidavit of the plaintiff contradicting the answer of the defendant. (Paschal’s Dig., Arts. 3934, 3935, Note 947.)