Armstrong v. Simms
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; Norman G. Kittrell, Judge. Action by W. E. Armstrong against E. F. Simms and another. From a judgment of dismissal, rendered on sustaining a general demurrer to the petition, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFly, J.
This is a suit to set aside a contract of compromise and settlement of partnership. differences made by appellant and appellee Simms, whereby the former sold to the latter his interest in a certain lease of oil lands for the sum of $8,000, which com* promise was alleged to have been procured by fraud and deception on the part of ap-pellees. The court sustained a general demurrer to the petition and dismissed the action.
The pleadings of appellant are unnecessarily voluminous, and,we shall content ourselves with giving merely a résumé of the same. It is alleged that appellant and ap-pellee…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Borden v. HoustonTexas Supreme Court · 1847
- Satterthwaite v. Loomis & McLachlenTexas Supreme Court · 1891
- Prude and Rice v. CampbellTexas Supreme Court · 1892
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