Metcalfe v. McCarty

301 S.W.2d 263 (1957)

Orin E. METCALFE, Appellant,

v.

L. C. McCARTY et al., Appellees.

No. 10466.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

March 20, 1957.

Rehearing Denied April 10, 1957.

Tisinger & Sloan, Austin, for appellant.

L. L. Bruhl, Llano, L. Hamilton Lowe, Austin, for appellees.

ARCHER, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by a surveyor, appellant herein, from the judgment of the District Court fixing his fee for services rendered as a surveyor under order of the court at $500 instead of $1,241, the amount claimed as rightfully due him.

The appointment of the surveyor by the court grew out of a…