Jefferson Cotton Oil & Fertilizer Co. v. Congleton
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Special District Court, Marion County; W. T. Armstead, Judge. Action by Pridgen & Congleton against the Jefferson Cotton Oil & Fertilizer Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals. Appellees were the plaintiffs In the court below.
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Appeal from Special District Court, Marion County; W. T. Armstead, Judge. Action by Pridgen & Congleton against the Jefferson Cotton Oil & Fertilizer Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals. Appellees were the plaintiffs In the court below. They claimed that appellant was due them $3,368.97 on account of work done by them for it under a contract in writing whereby they undertook to construct for appellant certain brick and wooden buildings to be used by it in its business as an oil and fertilizer company. By the terms of the contract the material for the buildings was to be…
1Opinion of the Court
Cross-examining appellee Pridgen, who testified as a witness in his own behalf, appellant asked him this question: "How much lumber did you actually work into those buildings under your contract with defendant, and for which work you have made a charge of $10 a thousand?" The witness answered: "Here are the invoices from Clark Boice of the lumber we received during that time; they total 315,000 feet." "To which answer," it is recited in the bill of exceptions, "defendant then and there excepted, for the reason that said answer was not in reply to defendant's question, and for the further…
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