Stephenville, North & South Texas Railway Co. v. Western Coal & Mining Co.

KEY, Chief Justice.

From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the County Court the defendant has appealed. The alleged cause of action set up in the plaintiff’s petition is stated therein as follows: “And for cause of action plaintiff would represent to the court that heretofore, to wit, from Aug. 13, 1907, to March 18, 1908, and including different dates, plaintiff shipped, as per order of defendant, coal—that the amount now due and past due by the defendant is two hundred and seventy-two and 53/100 dollars ($272.53), which amount is the principal and accumulated interest from August 13,…