Cockrell v. Houston Packing Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, First District, in an appeal from Harris County. Cockrell and others sued the Houston Packing Co. and others, and appealed from a judgment sustaining a demurrer to the petition. On affirmance, plaintiff obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibrell
This is a suit, as it comes to this court, by Abbott Cockrell and F. E. Pye against the defendant, Houston Packing Company, begun November 1, 1909, in the District Court of Harris County to recover $1,885.60, the rental value of certain property, situated in the city of Houston. On January 18, 1910, the Houston Packing Company demurred generally to plaintiffs’ first amended original petition, and the trial court having sustained the general demurrer to said petition, plaintiffs declined to amend and the cause was dismissed. Upon the issue of the sufficiency of the pleadings as affected by the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Childs v. ClarkNew York Court of Chancery · 1848
- Cockrell v. Houston Packing Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1910
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- Rowles v. HaddenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
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