Thomas v. Linder

ARCHER, Chief Justice.

C. Linder, appellee herein, sued J. E. Thomas and H. Ratliff, a partnership, appellants herein, in the District Court of Travis County, Texas, to recover rental on a Lima Paymaster shovel with various attachments therefor, allegedly due him. The allegations in the petition are that Von Linder (son of C. Linder), acting as agent for the appellants, executed a written lease on the equipment on January 5, 1946, obligating the appellants to pay $816 per month as rental for the shovel and $321 per month as rental for the dragline bucket and clamshell bucket.

The appellants’…