Summit v. Hilton

This suit was instituted in the justice court of Lubbock county by appellant, as plaintiff, against Joe Hilton, as defendant, to recover the sum of $125. On trial in justice court, the plaintiff recovered judgment. The case was then appealed to the county court, and in that court the trial judge, after hearing the evidence, instructed the jury to return a verdict for the defendant, which was accordingly done, and judgment rendered on such verdict in favor of the defendant, and from this judgment this appeal has been taken.

The evidence shows that the parties entered into a trade for a…