21 Tex. 763 | Tex. | 1858
There is no better settled doctrine than that, where a party has solemnly admitted a fact by deed and under his hand and seal, he is estopped, not only from denying the deed itself, but every fact which it recites. (9 Wend. R. 209 ; 4 Blackf, 437.) It is, unnecessary to cite the numerous
There was no error in refusing a continuance. The witness resided remote from the county seat. Yet the subpoena was not issued until after the commencement of the Term of the Court; but two days appear to have intervened between the issuance of the subpoena and the day on which the application to continue was made. If the subpoena had been issued in time, the witness might have been in attendance. The delay should have been satisfactorily explained. “ The service of a subpoena upon a witness ought always to be made a reasonable time before trial, to enable him to put his affairs in such order that his attendance upon the Court may be as little detrimental as possible to his interest. On this principle, a summons in the morning to attend in the afternoon of the same day, has been held insufficient, though the witness lived in the same town, and very near the place of trial. ” (1 Greenl. Ev. See. 314.) Besides the affidavit appears to have been prematurely made, being three days before the trial. (Parker v. McKelvain, 17 Tex. R. 157.)
There is no error in the judgment and it is affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.