Graves & Houtchens v. Diamond Hill Independent School Dist.

Appellants, Graves & Houtchens, sued appellee, the Diamond Hill Independent School District, to recover a balance of $890 alleged to be due upon a contract of employment to secure the defeat of a certain bill then pending before the Legislature of the state of. Texas, which, it was alleged, would, in the event of its passage, deprive the district of its existing liability to raise large amounts of funds by taxation necessary to a successful continuance of the public school in the district. Among other allegations, the plaintiffs averred that:

“On or about December 15, 1918, the defendant,…