City of Edinburg v. Ellis

This is a suit for $5,000 instituted by J. P. Ellis against the city " of Edinburg; said amount alleged to have arisen from the sale of gasoline and oil and , other automobile supplies. Warrants had been issued by the city for the amounts alleged to be due, and the eity sought the cancellation of the evidences of the debt on the ground of fraud on the part of appellee. The court instructed a verdict for $3,606.74, and judgment was rendered for that amount against the city. The city commissioners, who were joined in the suit against the city, were dismissed from the cause.

There were issued by…