Bigham v. Talbot & Cropper
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Comanche. Tried below before the Hon. W. A. Blackburn. Appellees brought suit against appellant, July 13, 1876, to recover certain moneys claimed to be due them as the assignees of a contract made and entered into between appellant and W. II. Wood-house, concerning the transportation of the United States mail upon certain routes named. The cause was tried and appealed, and was by the supreme court reversed and remanded.
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Appeal from Comanche. Tried below before the Hon. W. A. Blackburn. Appellees brought suit against appellant, July 13, 1876, to recover certain moneys claimed to be due them as the assignees of a contract made and entered into between appellant and W. II. Wood-house, concerning the transportation of the United States mail upon certain routes named. The cause was tried and appealed, and was by the supreme court reversed and remanded. See Bigham v. Talbot & Cropper, 51 Tex., 450, for statement. After the reversal appellees filed their first amended original answer, to wit, February 9, 1880, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Watts, J. Com. App.
This is the third appearance of this case before the supreme court, and each time upon new pleadings by the appellees. They first sued upon the Wood burn contract, as the assignees thereof, claiming a performance upon their part with all its terms. After the case was first reversed and remanded, appellees on, to wit, February 9,1880, filed their first original amended petition, by which they declared alone upon a contract made by and between appellant and appellees. On the second appeal, it was held that this amended petition set up a new cause of action. Thereafter, on the…
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