Coons v. Renick
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Bexar. Renick sued Coons, Lewis & Groesbeck for services as a teamster, from Bastrop to Indianola, thence to El Passo and back to San Antonio. Lewis and Groesbeck denied the hiring; and, as it was sought to charge them as partners of Coons, denied the partnership.
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Appeal from Bexar. Renick sued Coons, Lewis & Groesbeck for services as a teamster, from Bastrop to Indianola, thence to El Passo and back to San Antonio. Lewis and Groesbeck denied the hiring; and, as it was sought to charge them as partners of Coons, denied the partnership. The evidence was, that the plaintiff was employed, on the 28th March, 1850, by a person representing himself as the agent of Coons, Lewis & Groesbeck ; and that he performed the services of a teamster, as alleged. In order to prove the partnership, the plaintiff filed an affidavit that the contract between the defendants…
1Opinion of the Court
Lipscomb J.
The appellants assign the following errors :
1st. The Court erred in admitting as evidence, the copy of the contract between Major Babbitt and the appellants.
2nd. The Court erred in its general charge to the jury.
3rd. The Court erred in refusing to give the charges asked by the appellants.
4th. The Court erred in refusing to grant a new trial.
To consider the errors in the order in which they have been presented, The statement of facts shows that the plaintiff in the Court below offered in evidence, a copy of a contract entered into between Major Babbitt, U. S. Quarter Master at San…
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