Houston Cotton Oil Co. v. Trammell

BROWN, Associate Justice.

The Court of Civil Appeals stated the following as the facts of this case:

“In August, 1900, the plaintiff and appellant executed the written contract set out in plaintiff’s petition, whereby the appellant agreed that it would, in October of the same year and thereafter, furnish and deliver to the plaintiff at West, Texas, sound cotton seed meal. The written contract is silent as to the purpose of the plaintiff in purchasing the meal, and as to the use he intended it for; but the appellant, through its agents and officers, knew that the plaintiff, in the purchase of…