Coleman v. Dunman
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Goliad. Tried below before the Hon. H. Clay Pleasants. " Coleman & Stockley agreed to .pay a note held by T. M. Coleman .against E. L. Dunman, the intervenor, for the sum of five thousand dollars, and this payment was part of the consideration that was to pass-from Coleman & Stockley to intervenor for a stock of cattle sold by him to them.
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Appeal from Goliad. Tried below before the Hon. H. Clay Pleasants. " Coleman & Stockley agreed to .pay a note held by T. M. Coleman .against E. L. Dunman, the intervenor, for the sum of five thousand dollars, and this payment was part of the consideration that was to pass-from Coleman & Stockley to intervenor for a stock of cattle sold by him to them. Coleman & Stockley made an arrangement with appellants by which the latter were to pay off the above note in consideration of which, and in consideration of other indebtedness of Coleman & Stockley •to appellants, the latter were to gather eight…
1Opinion of the Court
Willie, Chief Justice.
This case was before us on a former occasion, and is reported in 59 Texas, page 199. We then held that the agreement that Dunman should gather one thousand head of cattle out of the stock of Coleman & Stockley, in part payment of the purchase money of the stock of cattle sold by him to them, subjected the former stock to a lien or charge to the extent of the value of the thousand head to be gathered from it. The cause was remanded for a new trial, and when again heard, the court below gave effect to the agreement in accordance with *392the decision of this court. The…
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