Rush & Bros. v. Haggard

Stayton, Associate Justice.

This action was brought in a .justice’s court by the appellee, to recover on sixty-five separate pieces of paper, each in form as follows: “Good for (here a sum was named) in merchandise at Rush & Bros., Springdale, Texas,” A judgment having been rendered in favor of the appellee in that court, an appeal was taken to the district court, where a .judgmént was rendered for the appellee for ten cents less than the judgment rendered in the justice’s court. The proof showed that the appellants were mill owners, and that they gave the papers sued on to their employes as…