Standard Underground Cable Co. v. Southern Independent Telephone Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, El Paso County; A. M. Walthall, Judge. Action hy the Standard Underground Cable Company against the Southern Independent Telephone Company and against officers of defendant company in their individual capacity. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPly, J.
Appellant instituted one suit against the Southern Independent Telephone Company to recover the value of certain construction material for a telephone line, based on an alleged contract executed in the corporate name by A. M. Brett, as president, and Lorion Miller, as secretary, and another against the persons named on the same contract in their individual capacity. The causes were consolidated, and amended petitions were filed, in one count of which it was sought to hold the corporation and in the other the individuals. The cause was submitted to the court without a jury, and judgment was…
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