Legal Opinion
Caswell v. Lensing & Bennett
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 8, 1915No. 5538PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from Milam County Court; John Watson, Judge. Action by A. Lensing and T. J. Bennett, co-partners against W. T. Caswell and another. From a decree for plaintiffs, the named defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtKey, C. J.
The nature of this suit is disclosed by the trial judge’s full and correct findings of fact, which are as follows:
“Findings of Fact.
“(1) The court finds that the plaintiffs, Lensing & Bennett, are a firm composed of A. Lensing and T. J. Bennett, and that said firm owned a farm in Milam county during the year 1912 and-1913, and that they rented a part of said farm to Tex Slater for the year 1913, and that said Slater took and worked said land as their tenant during the year 1913, and raised a crop thereon, including the 5 bales of cotton in controversy; that to enable the said Slater to make a…
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