Hutchinson v. Murray
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, El Paso County; M. Nagle, Judge. Action by M. D. Murray against R. B. Hutchinson. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHarper, C. J.
This suit was instituted by appellee against appellant for the recovery of $20,000, being one-half of the sum for which Hutchinson sold, in the United States, a tenth interest in an Ohio corporation, alleging: That about January, 1907, in Chihuahua, Mexico, Hutchinson represented to Murray that he had an agreement with Corrigan, McKinney & Co., a firm of Cleveland, Ohio, by which they had agreed to capitalize anything in the way of mines that he might find near a railroad and would give him a one-tenth interest therein, and that if he (Murray) would use his efforts to find such mines, he…
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