Neyland v. Brown

Mr. Judge Hickman

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

The parties to this suit are O. L. Neyland, plaintiff in the trial court, and the partnership of Brown & Root, the individual members thereof, and Brown & Root, Inc., successors to the partnership,, defendants in the trial court. Both the' plaintiff’s and the defendants’ applications for writ of error were granted, the result of’ which is that each party is both petitioner and respondent here. We shall refer to the plaintiff as Neyland and the defendants collectively as Brown & Root:

In its general aspect the suit…