Chavez v. Goodman

SUTTON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the County Court at Law of El Paso County. The trial was to the court without a jury. The judgment was for the plaintiff, from which the defendant has perfected this appeal. The parties will be designated as in the trial court.

J. H. Goodman, as plaintiff, sued the defendant, Pedro M. Chavez, to recover $540 on an alleged written lease contract. Plaintiff alleged in his petition that on December 4, 1938, Jesus Sillas, as lessor, leased to Jesus Anchondo and Pedro Chavez a building and fixtures located at 300 South St. Vrain Street, in the…