Elmendorf v. Classen
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Bexar. ' Elmendorf et al. sued Classen, and recovered a judgment from which defendant appealed, plaintiff assigning cross errors. On affirmance appellees obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
This case has been twice before the Court of Civil Appeals. Upon the first appeal, it came before us upon a certificate of dissent, with the result that we adopted the opinion of the majority of the court. 90 Texas, 204. That opinion is reported in 37 Southwestern Reporter, on page 245.
The suit was brought by the plaintiffs in error to recover of defendants in error for services rendered in drillng a well under a written contract, which in part was as follows:
“This agreement made and entered into this 2d day of July, A. D. 1893, by and between S. L. Sweeney and Henry…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Classen v. ElmendorfTexas Supreme Court · 1896
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