Wieser v. Thompson Grocery Co.

This suit was instituted by appellee, Thompson Grocery Company, a corporation, against Hamilton Mill & Elevator Company, a corporation, to recover the value of 60 bags of sugar, containing 100 pounds each, of the alleged total value of $396, which it alleged the defendant had taken from the store operated by J. H. Young and Jim Jones in Hamilton County, Texas. The defendant, Hamilton Mill & Elevator Company, answered with a general demurrer, general denial, and specially alleged that it purchased the sugar in controversy from Young & Jones, and paid value thereof, without any notice that the…