Griffith v. Shannon

BLAIR, J;

Appellant, A. B. Griffith, filed this suit against appellees, J. M. Shannon and A. F. Clarkson, and by a second amended original petition alleged a partnership between them, formed in the year 1886, for the purpose of building fences in the aggregate of 500 miles; that after the contracts for the building of the fences were completed, appellant went to Louisiana for the purpose of getting married, it being agreed that upon his return to Texas a settlement of the partnership profits for building the fences would be made, each of them being entitled to receive a one-third interest…