Sumerlin v. Fowler

STOKES, Justice.

On March 13, 1939, the commissioners court of Kent County leased from W. T. McClure' Machinery Company a caterpillar tractor and a road grader for a period of three years. A lease contract was executed between them under the terms of which the commissioners court agreed to pay $1,000 cash and execute two county warrants in the sum of $650 each, due May 1, 1940 and May 1, 1941 respectively. On May 11, 1939, another lease contract was executed between the commissioners court and McClure Machinery Company under which the commissioners leased from the machinery company a…