Case Name: Leer & Hucherson v. William Sutherland
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1872
Citations: 36 Tex. 151
Docket Number: 
Parties: Leer & Hucherson v. William Sutherland.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Reports
Volume: 36
Pages: 151–151

Head Matter:
Leer & Hucherson v. William Sutherland.
It is not competent for a court to enter up judgment by nil dicit for .coin, in > a suit on a promissory note that does not call for payment in coin ; but the judgment may be reformed by this court.
Error from Navarro. Tried below before the Hon. F. P. Wood.
There is no occasion for a statement of the facts.
Winkler & Bulloch, for plaintiff in error.
R. Q. Mills, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
Walker, J.
The instrument sued on in this case does not call for payment in coin. The judgment is by nil dicit. The court rendered a judgment for coin, which must be reversed.
This court will render the judgment for dollars and cents, to be computed by the clerk.
Reformed.