Kinney v. Pearce

O’QUINN, Justice. .

Appellee sued appellant in the county court of Nacogdoches county to recover the sum of $216.82,'the value of goods, wares, arid merchandise sold to William and Eugene Dempsey, brothers, and who were tenants of-appellant, alleging that the goods, wares, and merchandise were sold to said tenants at the special instance and request of appellant, and upo-n ¡Ms (appellant’s) promise to pay for same.

Appellant answered by general demurrer, general denial, and specially denied that he at any time promised appellee to pay for the merchandise sold to the Dempsey brothers, and…