Texas Company v. Williams

Appellee brought this action against appellant to recover $6,500 on an alleged oral contract to pay him such sum for personal injuries sustained by him on or about June 30,1925. He alleged that on January 15, 1927, he entered into an oral contract of settlement with appellant, by which he was paid $1,500 in cash and was to be paid $5,000 in semi-monthly installments of $75 each; that appellant neglected and refused to pay said installments, and that, at the time of filing suit, twenty-six of said payments were past due, in the sum of $1,950, for which amount he prayed judgment. Appellant…