Malakoff Gin Co. v. Riddlesperger

The questions of law involved herein arise upon certified questions presented by the Fifth Court of Civil Appeals. The very clear statement of the Court of Civil Appeals, and the questions propounded, are as follows, to wit:

“On July 9, 1907, the appellant was a co-partnership composed of H. L. Flagg, J. W. Bartlett and T. A. Bartlett, and on said date the appellees, C. A. Biddlesperger and J. S. Biddlesperger, sold and delivered to said co-partnership their gin house, cotton gin and grist mill, situated in or near the town of Malakoff, Henderson County, Texas, together with the machinery used…