Graham Paper Co. v. Williams

Appellant filed this suit against appellee upon an account originally made by the Amarillo Publishing Company. This appeal is from a judgment sustaining a general demurrer to the petition. The written promise alleged to have been made by appellee to pay the account is claimed to be in the following letter:

“Replying to your telegram of this morning, I will say that on June 4th, the Amarillo Daily News was sold out under mortgage sale for about one third the amount of the mortgage and to protect myself as much as possible, I bought the institution. There is only about $309.00 more of debts…