Court Opinion

ID: 7868574
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-09-08 20:23:58.021109+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:31:09.621067
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Opinion by
Willson, J.
§ 3 7 9. Trustees; judgment against, in suit for debt of cestui que trust. Appellee sued appellants as trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Abilene, for labor done in building a church. He recovered a judgment for his debt. Appellants claim that the judgment is against them personally. Held, that appellants were sued in their fiduciary canacity only, and that judgment *330should he against them only in that capacity, with execution against the cestui que trust, wherefore the judgment was reformed and rendered accordingly.
October 25, 1884.
Reformed and rendered.