Slaughter v. Temple Lumber Company

WERLEIN, Justice.

Appellant, John E. Slaughter, filed his original petition on May 7, 1951, against the appellee, the Temple Lumber Company, alleging in substance that he was a painting contractor and that in April, 1948, he entered into an agreement with the Temple Lumber Company at Baytown, Texas, through its agent, A. L. Banks, to paint a new house then and there under construction by appellee. Thereafter appellant, at the special instance and request of said appellee, painted other houses and buildings in Baytown, Texas. Appellant alleged that “each house and building painted by plaintiff…