Case Name: Le Geirse & Co. v. Mathews & Wright
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1881-02-19
Citations: 1 White & W. 428
Docket Number: No. 1069, Op. Book No. 2, p. 347
Parties: Le Geirse & Co. v. Mathews & Wright.
Judges: 
Reporter: Condensed Reports of Decisions in Civil Causes in the Court of Appeals (White & Wilson)
Volume: 1
Pages: 428–428

Head Matter:
Le Geirse & Co. v. Mathews & Wright.
(No. 1069, Op. Book No. 2, p. 347.)
Appeal from Galveston County.
February 19, 1881.

Opinion:
Opinion by
White, P. J.
§ 779. Damages; liquidated and unliquidated; counterclaim. Liquidated damages are damages ascertained and agreed upon. [Sedgwick on Dam. 427.] Damages whose amount has been determined by anticipatory agreement between the parties. [2 Bouvier's Law Die. " Liquidated Damages."] A claim for unliquidated damages, not arising out of, incident to or connected with the plaintiff's cause of action, cannot be pleaded as a counterclaim. [R. S. 649, 650; Carothers v. Thorp, 21 Tex. 358.]
Affirmed.