[Texas]. [Law]

[Group of Manuscript Legal Documents from Hays County, Texas, Covering a Wide Array of Court Activities]

[Hays County, Tx. 1890-1897]. Twenty-eight manuscript documents or partially-printed documents signed, ranging from one page to twelve pages. Old folds, minor loss to a few documents, one document with a long separation along one fold line, various levels of toning. Overall a well-preserved group. Very good. Item #1953

An interesting group of mostly late-19th-century Texas legal documents filed in Hays County, Texas, just south of Austin. The documents are mostly comprised of court testimony and deposition records labeled as "interrogation" and "cross interrogation" transcripts, continuances, subpoenas, court summons, appeals, and records of judgements and damages awarded. The subjects of the documents include financial disputes over debts owed, business disputes regarding livestock, crops (including cotton), and other goods; railroad lawsuits between private individuals and both the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company and the International and Great Northern Rail Road Company; documents related to sequestration of property; and more. One of the more interesting documents is a motion to suppress a deposition based on clerical mishandling of the original deposition and that the original testimony was "evasive, impertinent and not responsive to the questions." The great majority of the documents emanate from 1890-1897, with six mortgage agreements and subpoenas dated from 1904 to 1920. A nice grouping for the study of Texas legal practices in the late-19th century.

Price: $650.00