Kincheloe Irrigating Co. v. Hahn Bros. & Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, Fourth District, in an appeal from Wharton County. Hahn Bros. & Co. sued the Kincheloe Irr. Co. and had judgment, which was affirmed on appeal by defendant. The latter then obtained writ of error. The contract of defendants in error in this case was made with one Bullock, who was general manager of the irrigation company, incorporated to control an irrigation plant and furnish water for irrigation.
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Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, Fourth District, in an appeal from Wharton County. Hahn Bros. & Co. sued the Kincheloe Irr. Co. and had judgment, which was affirmed on appeal by defendant. The latter then obtained writ of error. The contract of defendants in error in this case was made with one Bullock, who was general manager of the irrigation company, incorporated to control an irrigation plant and furnish water for irrigation. Bullock was also manager for Templeton & Bullock, engaged in leasing to tenants irrigated land belonging to Templeton. The issues were as to whether Bullock, in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibbell
Hahn Brothers & Company, a co-partnership composed of Peter Hahn and others, as plaintiffs, brought this suit in the District Court of Wharton County against the Kincheloe Irrigating Company, defendant, to recover damages laid at $5,902.00. The cause of action was based on the breach of an alleged contract by the terms of which defendant obligated itself to furnish plaintiffs 360 acres of land, the necessary seed rice and sufficient water for irrigating said lands during the crop season of 1906, plaintiffs to cultivate the land so furnished, harvest the rice crop, and give one-half to…
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