McRea v. McWilliams
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Polk. Tried below before the Hon. II. 0. Pedigo. This suit was brought in the district court by defendant in error against W. W. Hunter and plaintiffs in error.
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Error from Polk. Tried below before the Hon. II. 0. Pedigo. This suit was brought in the district court by defendant in error against W. W. Hunter and plaintiffs in error. Petition filed September 4, 1873, and alleged that on the 28th day of April, 1871, the Hnited States, acting by their postmaster general and W W. Hunter, •J, W. McRae and W. D. Garey as his sureties, entered into a written contract; that Hunter had been accepted as contractor for transporting the mail on route Ho. 8650, from Livingston, Texas, via Swartwout, Cold Springs, Waverly and Danville, to Montgomery and back, three…
1Opinion of the Court
Delany, J. Com. App.
This suit was brought by the defendant in error upon a contract entered into by W. W. Hunter as principal, and 'plaintiffs in error as his sureties, with the postmaster general of the United States, for the transportation of the mail. The .suit was grounded upon the contract; and plaintiff alleged, as a breach,-that one of the mail carriers employed by the defendant Hunter had broken open the mail-bag, and taken out a letter containing $200, which belonged to her, and appropriated the money. This is alleged to have occurred in Polk county.
The plaintiff’s cause of action…
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