Empire Gas & Fuel Co. v. Pendar
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the CourtLane, J.
Appellee, Oliver S. Pendar, brought this suit against appellant, Empire Gas & Puel Company, March 18, 1919, to recover upon a contract, the essential parts of which are set out below.
The cause was tried upon the plaintiff’s first amended petition, filed June 3, 1920, together with his supplemental petition filed two days later.
■ The contract sued upon, omitting nonessential paragraphs, is as follows:
“The State of Texas, County of Harris.
“Know all men by these presents that Oliver S. Pendar, Minnehaha county, state of South Dakota, hereinafter called lessor, for and in consideration of the sum…
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