Empire Gas & Fuel Co. v. Noble

For a partial statement of the nature and result of this caise we adopt the clear and admirable statement made by Judge Walker in the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals. The pleadings are voluminous, which makes the statement long, hut it cannot be abbreviated. It is as follows:

“In the case of H. Taylor et al. v. Higgins Oil & Fuel Co. et al., on the docket of the district court of Liberty county, on the 18th day of August, 1924, appellants Lynd and Noble, defendants in that suit, recovered judgment against their codefendant, the ap-pellee here, Empire Gas & Fuel Company, for the sum of…