City of Edinburg v. Ellis

SHARP, Judge.

J. P. Ellis filed this suit against the city of Edinburg, D. C. Abney, as mayor, and A. C. Statham and M. R. Harris, as city commissioners, on certain warrants issued by the city of Edinburg to J. P. Ellis, and also on an open account, alleging that the warrants and open account grew out of an oral agreement between the city of Edinburg and Ellis. It was alleged that by virtue of the agreement the city agreed to purchase from Ellis gasoline, oil, tires, supplies, etc. The city answered that the contract was fraudulent and that it grew out of a collusion between Ellis and…