Nassar v. Nelson

This suit was instituted on November 2, 1934, in the Ninety-Third district court of Hidalgo county by appellee, M. R. Nelson, against appellants, Antonio Nassar and Jose Nassar, seeking to recover the sum of $7,000, alleged to be due by appellants to appellee on an oral contract.

On December 22, 1936, appellee filed his first amended original petition, which was the pleading upon which he went to trial. In this amended petition appellee alleged that in March, 1931, the United States of America, acting through its proper agencies, determined to acquire land in the city of McAllen, to be used…