Heidenheimer & Co. v. L. A. & Ellis

Gaines, Associate Justice.

Appellees sued appellants in the court below to recover of them a balance of purchase money alleged to be due for a stock of goods sold and delivered by the former to the latter on January 24, 1885. Appellees averred that the goods were to be paid for in cash upon delivery, and claimed interest from the date of the transaction.

The court charged the jury in effect that if they believed that defendants were indebted to plaintiffs on the stated account sued on, to find a verdict for plaintiffs for the amount of the account, and interest on the same at eight per cent per…