Howard v. Smith
Texas Supreme Court
Questions certified from Court of Civil Appeals for Fifth District, in an appeal from Navarro County.
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Associate Justice.
On the 26th day of June, 1890, the city of Corsicana and J. T. Howard entered into a written contract whereby Howard agreed to furnish all labor and material and pave certain streets of said city, and the latter agreed to pay him therefor a portion in cash, and for the balance to execute its notes in five equal installments, payable yearly, interest at eight per cent, reserving the right to pay all cash. No provision having been made for interest and sinking fund required by law, Howard, having concluded for that reason his contract was void, repudiated the same and…
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