Cain v. Bonner
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Sixth District, in an appeal from Smith County. Cain sued Bonner and wife, was denied a recovery, and appealed. The judgment being reversed and rendered in his- favor for a part only of what he claimed, he obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips
As originally brought, this suit was by W. G. Cain for a ■ balance due, with interest, upon a mechanic’s lien contract in the amount of $3000 executed by Charles T. Bonner and wife in favor of one James Bothwell. It was instituted more than four years after the maturity of the contract. Special exceptions urged by the Bonners to the petition on the ground of limitation were sustained. Thereupon, the plaintiff; on February 22, 1911, by an amended petition set up respective written acknowledgments and renewals of the debt executed by the Bonners in his favor, and also its acknowledgment by…
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