Bonner Oil Co. v. Gaines
Texas Supreme Court
Question certified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, on error from Harris County.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chibe Justice PHILLIPS
delivered the opinion of the court.
The statement of the case as contained in the certificate of the honorable Court of Civil Appeals may be thus summarized:
The suit in the trial court was upon two notes given in favor of the Bonner Oil Company by the Lake Austin Canal Company and John W. Gaines, each for the sum of $445.30, and maturing, respectively, sixty and ninety days after date. The defense of Mr. Gaines was that the notes were, as to him, without consideration. It was pleaded by the plaintiff in reply that his execution of the notes was for the purpose of an…
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