West Lumber Co. v. R. C. Cummings Export Co.
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of First Supreme Judicial District. Suit by R. C. Cummings Export Company against the West Lumber Company. Judgment for plaintiff was affirmed by the Cou,rt of Civil Appeals (196 S. W. 546), and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, J.
Defendant in error, R. C. Cummings Export Coinpany, a corporation, instituted suit and recovered judgment against plaintiff in error, West Lumber Company, a corporation, for the alleged breach of a contract by plaintiff in error to deliver certain timber to be covered from the lands described in the petition.
The export company alleged that the timber purchased was for use in its mills at Wallisville, Tex., which is located on the Trinity river, and that, as was known to the lumber company at the time the contract was entered into, it had to depend entirely upon timber adjacent to the river to…
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- West Lumber Co. v. C. R. Cummings Export Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1917
- Loescher v. DeisterbergAppellate Court of Illinois · 1888
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