Alfalfa Lumber Co. v. Hope
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Lubbock County ; W. R. Spencer, Judge. Action by the Alfalfa Lumber Company against J. P. Hope and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBoyce, J.
This suit was brought by the appellant, the Alfalfa Lumber Company, against J. P. Hope, contractor, and W. A. Carlisle, H. K. Porter, W. E. Schenck, W. K. Dickinson, Sr., and L. D. Rankin, sureties on the contractor’s bond, to recover the value of material furnished by the plaintiff for the erection of a church building for the Methodist Episcopal Church South, at Lubbock, Tex. The defendant Hope pleaded a discharge in bankruptcy, and the sureties on the bond set up various special matters in defense. Judgment was rendered for the defendants, from which this appeal is taken.
The appellant…
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- Johnson v. Erskine ex rel. HangerTexas Supreme Court · 1852
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- Ward v. HubbardTexas Supreme Court · 1884
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- Porter v. HopeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1926