Maxwell Lumber Co. v. Merle Greer Company, Inc.

MOORE, Justice.

This appeal involves the question of whether a corporation may recover attorney’s fees for labor under the provisions of Article 2226, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.St, as amended by the Acts of the 62nd Legislature, P. 1073, Ch. 225, Sec. 1, effective May 17, 1971. Plaintiff, The Merle Greer Company, Inc., brought suit against defendant, Maxwell Lumber Company, alleging that on May 26, 1971, and upon various dates thereafter, plaintiff, at the special instance and request of defendant, supplied labor to defendant in the regular course of business, for which defendant became obligated to…