Bay City Bank & Trust Co. v. Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Matagorda County; Sam’l J. Styles, Judge. Action by the Rice-Stix Dry Goods Company against the Bay City Bank & Trust Company. From a judgment for plaintiff,, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
Appellee dry goods company ¡sued appellant bank for $1,150 claimed as a balance due on tbe agreed purchase price of •$2,650 for an account against Pitluk, totaling ■$3,128.35, which, it alleged the bank had "bought from it, and upon which agreed price liad only paid $1,500, leaving the said balance sued for. It was alleged that the bank ,had first become a guarantor of Pitluk’s account to the extent of $2,500 through a letter to that effect dated October 5, 1912, signed by its then cashier, addressed to and delivered to appellee in St. Louis by Pitluk, to whom, upon the faith, credit, and…
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