Ford v. House-Hasson Hardware Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Nunn

— Reversing.

As we view this record the chief question is whether the trial court erred in refusing the continuance requested by defendant Ford. The same question is involved in both appeals,, and they are therefore considered together.

The Sagamore Coal Company was operating a mine in Bell county, and appellant, Ford, and W. T. Murray were large stockholders, and evidently very much interested in-its success. In connection with the coal mine, the company operated a commissary, or a store stocked with general merchandise. In 1911 the company was slow, and…