Hill v. Huber
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Navarro County ; H. B. Davis, Judge. Suit by P. W. Huber and another against B. W. D. Hill. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals. The appeal is from a judgment in favor of appellees (who were the plaintiffs in the court below) against appellant for $400. The facts material to the controversy between the parties were, it appears, substantially as follows: Appellee Huber was in business as a real estate broker in Waco.
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Appeal from District Court, Navarro County ; H. B. Davis, Judge. Suit by P. W. Huber and another against B. W. D. Hill. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals. The appeal is from a judgment in favor of appellees (who were the plaintiffs in the court below) against appellant for $400. The facts material to the controversy between the parties were, it appears, substantially as follows: Appellee Huber was in business as a real estate broker in Waco. Appellant, Hill, lived at Dawson (30 miles from Waco), where he owned a stock ’ of merchandise. Desiring to exchange the merchandise for…
1Opinion of the CourtWillson, C. J.
(after stating the facts as above). [1,2] The finding of the trial court that it was due to Huber and Casey that Hill and Sims met, and therefore that they were the “efficient, procuring cause of the exchange of the properties between Hill and Sims,” is attacked as without support in the testimony. We think it has such support It appeared without dispute that it was due directly to Huber and Casey that Tarlton went, in the first instance, to see Hill about trading him the Parr land, and Huber testified that he sent Tarlton back to see Hill about trading him the Sims land. There was nothing in…
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