Howard v. J. H. Britton & Co.

Maltbie, Judge.

This suit was brought in the district court of Dallas county by J. H. Britton, J. T. Long and W. E. Kennedy, as partners, under the firm name and style of J. H. Britton & Co., against the appellant, W. C. Howard, to recover two thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars and sixty-four cents, on account of an alleged breach of a written contract, dated July 25, 1881, executed by W. C. Howard and J. H. Britton. It is claimed by the appellees that Britton acted in behalf of the firm in executing this contract. The controversy grew out of a lease on the Grand Windsor hotel, in…