Buford v. Taylor

Opinion by

Judge Cofer:

Appellees contracted to sell a bill of lumber to Buckley, to be *99used by him in the erection of a house for appellant, which Buckley had undertaken to build. The contract with appellant bound Buckley to furnish all necessary material for the house, and appellees contracted with Buckley, and looked to him alone to pay for the lumber sold him, but it afterwards became known that Wakefield, without the knowledge of either appellant or appellees, was interested with Buckley in building the house for appellant, and was liable to appellees as a partner of Buckley. After…