Tomforde v. Mitchell Const. Co.

SMITH, Chief Justice.

Star Brick & Tile Company, hereinafter referred to as “Star Company,” was a corporation engaged in the manufacture and sale of brick and tile, its plant being located at Elmendorf, in Bexar county. Mitchell Construction Company was, apparently, the Star Company’s largest customer. In fact, the record shows that for at least the last year or more before the Star Company went out of business the Mitchell Company advanced most of the funds upon which the Star Company operated, taking the latter’s products in settlement for those advances. These transactions were evidenced by…