Alley v. Bessemer Gas Engine Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Hale County; R. C. Joiner, Judge. Suit by the Bessemer Cas Engijie Company against Robert F. Alley. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHuff, C. J.
The Bessemer Gas Engine Company sued Alley to recover the purchase price of a gas engine, purchased by Alley from the- company, for the sum of $1,357, with interest, and to foreclose lien on the engine and certain machinery. The contract upon which the suit is based was a written contract and fully set out in the plaintiff’s petition. Alley, as defendant below, admitted the truth of plaintiff’s cause of action, except in so far as the same should be defeated by matters thereafter pleaded. He pleaded the four-year statute of limitation, and specially 'also that he had purchased the engine from…
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- Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. v. KirvenSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
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- Nelson v. San Antonio Traction CompanyTexas Supreme Court · 1915
- Binder v. MillikinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918
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