Case Name: John A. Fortune v. John P. Kerr
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1860-10
Citations: 25 Supp. Tex. 309
Docket Number: 
Parties: John A. Fortune v. John P. Kerr.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Reports
Volume: 25 Supp.
Pages: 309–310

Head Matter:
John A. Fortune v. John P. Kerr.
0 In declaring on a note, the petitioner should declare that the defendant executed the note, or equivalent facts.
(For the cases on this point, see Paschal’s Dig., Note 537, p. 349.)
Error from Falls. The case was tried before Hon. John Gregg, one of the district judges.
Kerr sued Fortune on a note, and averred as follows:
“John A. Fortune is justly indebted unto your petitioner for the sum of $345 as principal, and interest on the same from the 15th day of June, A. D. 1854, by virtue of a promissory note, for value received, of which the following is a true copy, to wit:
“ ‘$344. One day after date, I promise to pay J. P. Kerr thrée hundred and forty-four dollars, value received.
“‘June 15,1854. J. A. Fortune.’”
Kon-payment averred, and judgment prayed. There was judgment by default for want of appearance. The defendant prosecuted error, and assigned for error that the petition was insufficient in law.
Ay cock g Stewart, for plaintiff in error.
—1. It is not stated in the petition that the defendant in the court below executed the note sued upon. The court will perceive that the petition does identify the defendant in the court below as the person whose name appears signed as J. A. Fortune to the copy note presented therein. The case falls under the decision in Jennings v. Moss, 4 Tex., 452.
2. There is no averment in the petition that the note sued upon belonged to the plaintiff in the court below. 2sTo allegation to show title in petitioner to the note.

Opinion:
Wheeler, O. J.
—On the principle of the decision of this court in the case of Jennings v. Moss, 4 Tex., 452, the petition is insufficient. It contains no averment of any fact creating a liability on the part of the defendant.
The judgment is
Reversed and remanded.