626 Joint Venture v. Spinks

JONES, Justice.

James H. Spinks and Claudette L. Spinks, appellees, brought suit against 626 Joint Venture d/b/a Cedar Canyon Ranch, Charles Steger, John Gantt, and Jim Caskey (collectively, “defendants”), appellants, for a debt allegedly owed to the Spinkses. Trial was to a jury, which found that (1) Steger, Gantt, Caskey, and Don Bizzell were partners; 1 (2) the partnership’s agent, Bizzell, signed a note and deed of trust on behalf of the partnership; and (3) the partnership agreed, through its agent, to pay the indebtedness to the Spinkses. Based on these findings, the trial court rendered…