Payne v. Smith

This suit was instituted in the county court by N. S. Smith against John Barton Payne, Agent of the United States Railroad Administration, on a cause of action alleged to exist against the Director General operating the lines of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company of Texas. By amended petition, upon which trial was had, it was alleged that the claim sued on belonged to said N. S. Smith and Wade Smith, partners, doing business at Wichita Palls, Tex., under the name of the Smith Company, and that the interest of N. S. Smith in said claim had been acquired by S. J. T. Smith. Both said…