Burchill v. Hermsmeyer
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court,, Tarrant County ; R. E. L. Roy, Judge. Action by H. C. Hermsmeyer against Belle M. Burchill and others. From judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtConner, C. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of appellee, H. C. Herms-meyer against the appellants, Belle M. Burchill and the Fort Worth Development Company, for the sum of $10,000, which appellee alleged had been advanced and paid by him upon an oral promise of the appellant Belle M. Burchill to return to him upon his request to do so, but which appellant claimed had been paid fo her for the benefit of the development company upon written contracts for stock, and which had been used in exploring a 40-acre tract of land near the city of Fort Worth for oil and gas.
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