Kuykendall v. Coulter, 26 S.W. 748 (Tex. App. 1894).
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Kuykendall v. Coulter, 26 S.W. 748 (Tex. App. 1894). Book View Copy Cite
E. K. Kuykendall Et Al.
v.
M. J. S. Coulter
No. 888..
Court of Appeals of Texas.
May 30, 1894.
26 S.W. 748
Flack, Moore Connerly, for plaintiffs in error. Slator, McLean Spears, for defendant in error. — 1. It was proper for the court to render judgment against the plaintiffs in error, jointly and severally, for the full amount of the indebtedness, as the petition declared on a joint and several note, and the plaintiffs in error confessed the allegations in the petition by their default. Long v. Wortham, 4 Tex. 381 ; Guest v. Rhine, 16 Tex. 549 ; Watson v. Newsham, 17 Tex. 437 . 2. In any event, it was proper for the court to render judgment against the plaintiffs in error, jointly and severally. The obligation on a joint note, when reduced to judgment against all parties to it, becomes a joint and several obligation. Black on Judg., sec. 210, and authorities cited; 1 Pars. on Con., 30; Add. on Con., sec. 47. Article 1256, Revised Statutes, virtually abrogates the distinction between joint and joint and several obligations. Wooters v. Smith, 56 Tex. 198 .
Key.
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KEY, Associate Justice.

But one question is presented in this case. The note sued on was a joint but not a several obligation; the court rendered a joint and several judgment. Because the judgment is several as well as joint, it is charged that reversible error exists.

Though an obligation may be joint and not several, if a separate suit can be maintained against each obligor, then it is proper to render a several judgment, whether one or all be sued. Black on Judg., sec. 210.

[*400] Delivered May 30, 1894.

Article 1256, Revised Statutes, as construed in Forbes v. Davis, 18 Texas, 274, and Wooters v. Smith, 56 Texas, 198, authorizes a separate suit and a separate judgment against persons jointly though not severally bound. Of course, if it is proper to render a several judgment on such an obligation, therefore, when more than one obligor is sued, it is proper to render a joint and several judgment.

We find no error in the record, and affirm the judgment.

Affirmed.