# Trimble v. Miller

> Texas Supreme Court · July 1, 1859 · 24 Tex. 214

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4889586

## Case

- **Full name:** M. Trimble and wife v. G. W. Miller
- **Court:** Texas Supreme Court
- **Decided:** July 1, 1859
- **Citations:** 24 Tex. 214
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Roberts
- **Judges:** Roberts
- **Cited by:** 19 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Roberts, J.
This is a suit against husband and wife, on a note jointly executed by them, for the hire of a negro. Process was served and judgment by default taken, in the usual form of a general recovery of the principal and interest of the note.
There is no valid cause of action stated in the petition against the wife. (Kavanaugh v. Brown, 1 Texas Rep. 481 .) The petition does not disclose that the debt was contracted for the benefit of the wife’s separate property, or any other fact that would authorize a judgment against her. Judgment reversed and the cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded.

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