Central Texas Ice Co. v. Thomas

The only question presented by the application for writ of error in this case is wheth■er the defendant in error, J. L. Thomas, is legally liable to the plaintiff in error to pay $1,000 which the plaintiff in error claims it was compelled to pay as an attorney’s fee in order to prevent certain property, which the plaintiff in error had purchased from the defendant in error, from being subjected to foreclosure proceedings in order to collect the $1,-■000. The plaintiff in error paid the $1,000, according to his claim, under protest, in order to prevent its property from being subjected to…