Case Name: William K. Arnold v. S. G. Raines
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1860-10
Citations: 25 Supp. Tex. 244
Docket Number: 
Parties: William K. Arnold v. S. G. Raines.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Reports
Volume: 25 Supp.
Pages: 244–245

Head Matter:
William K. Arnold v. S. G. Raines.
It was not error to dismiss a writ of certiorari where it was not shown that complainant made a tender of a steer before or at the time the debt became due, or under such circumstances as that the debt was thereby discharged.
Appeal from Llano. The case was tried before Hon. Edward H. Vontress, one of the district judges.
Baines sued Arnold in a justice’s court for $15 on an open account. At the trial an offset of $6 50 was allowed, and judgment rendered against Arnold. The case was carried to the District Court on writ of certiorari, and there Arnold plead that payment had been made by the tender of “ a certain young beef steer,” which the appellee refused to accept. The court below did not regard beef steers, young or old, as legal tender, and dismissed the certiorari. Arnold appealed, alleging as error the ruling of the court about the young steer.
[The Reporter does not find from the records furnished him, that either party was represented by counsel before the Supreme Court. The record shows, that great labor and much legal lore had been expended in the courts below, which probably may account for the absence of counsel before this court, upon the hypothesis that all the light which could he, had been shed upon the subject of beef steers as legal tender.]

Opinion:
Boberts, J.
—We think the court did not err in dismissing the petition for certiorari; because it did not show that the complainant made a tender of a steer before or at the time the debt became due, or under such circumstances as that the debt was thereby discharged.
Judgment affirmed.