Munger Oil & Cotton Co. v. Beckham
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Fifth Supreme Judicial District. Action by J. J. Beckham against the Mun-ger Oil & Cotton Company. Judgment for defendant reformed so as to be one of dismissal, and as reformed affirmed by Court of Civil Appeals (209 S. W. 186), and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POWELL,. J.
This is an action in damages instituted in the district court of Limestone county, Tex., by J. J. Beckham- against the Hunger Oil & Cotton Company,' based upon the alleged breach of a contract entered into by and between said parties on April 1, 1913. Beckham was the owner of some 800 acres of farm land, nearly all of which was in cultivation. He had operated *129a gin himself on said plantation. In close proximity was situated a blacksmith shop, a store, and a residence for the storekeeper. His gin burned. Rather than rebuild himself, he made a contract with plaintiff' in error, under…
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