Stark v. Alford & Veal

Moore, Associate Justice.

On the 26th of April, 1871, the appellant, J. R. Stark, purchased of the Washington Iron Works, a corporation of the State of Hew York, through their agent, E. S. Blizard, machinery for erecting a saw and grist mill, for which he was to pay said Washington Iron Works $3,066. Of this sum, appellant agreed and paid to *273said Blizard, agent for said corporation, through George F. Alford & Veal, a commission house in the city of Galveston, in accordance with the stipulations of his contract, the sum of §1,650 in cash, on or about the 25th of May, 1871, on the arrival of…