WT Burton Company v. Keown Contracting Company

McNEILL, Justice.

This is an action by appellant W. T. Burton Company, Inc., against appellees, Keown Contracting Company and Keown Supply Company, to recover upon an endorsement placed by appellees upon three certain due bills or non-negotiable notes executed by Texas Portland Cement Company, payable to Keown Contracting Company. Before trial the parties, under Rule 263, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, made an agreed statement of facts and filed it with the clerk. The statement provided 'that there was no issue of fact to be submitted to a jury, and the only issue was the legal one of whether…