Joe T. Presswood, Inc. v. Houston Industrial Welding School, Inc.

DOYLE, Justice.

Appellant, Joe T. Presswood, individually and Joe T. Presswood Company, Inc., appeals from a judgment rendered in favor of appellee, Houston Industrial Welding School.

In 1976, appellant, who is an auctioneer, entered into a written contract with appel-lee to sell personal property belonging to appellee at a public auction. The merchandise to be sold included welding machines, machine shop equipment, office equipment and furniture. The gross proceeds of the sale were $59,405.50. Of this total, $5,084.00 was not collected, which amount represented a bad check written by one John…