Case Name: A. J. Anderson v. Ft. Worth Base-ball Association
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1889-11-06
Citations: 4 Willson 36
Docket Number: No. 3198
Parties: A. J. Anderson v. Ft. Worth Base-ball Association.
Judges: 
Reporter: Condensed Reports of Decisions in Civil Causes in the Court of Appeals
Volume: 4
Pages: 36–37

Head Matter:
A. J. Anderson v. Ft. Worth Base-ball Association.
(No. 3198.)
Appeal from Tarrant County.
F. M. Brantley, counsel for appellant.
Ross & Terrell, counsel for appellee.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Willson, J.
§ 15. Inability incurred by copartnership not affected by its merger into a corporation. Appellant sued Ward, Swasey and others as a copartnership, under the name of the Fort Worth Base-ball Association, to recover $313.65 for goods and merchandise sold said copartnership. He recovered judgment for the amount claimed against appellees as a corporation, the court refusing to render judgment in his favor against appellees as a partnership or as individuals. At the time the liability for appellant's debt was created appellees did not have a corporate existence. If they ever formed a corporation, it was subsequent to the creation of said liability, and the subsequent formation of a corporation did not operate to exempt them from their individual liability for the debt or to in any manner affect such liability. [1 Civ. Cas. Ct. App., § 1016.] There is no doubt from the evidence that appellees were jointly and severally liable for the indebtedness to appellant, and the judgment is so reformed as to make it a judgment against appellees individually, jointly and severally.
November 6, 1889.
Judgment reformed.