National Equitable Soc. v. Carpenter
Decision Date | 13 February 1916 |
Docket Number | (No. 1559.) |
Citation | 184 S.W. 585 |
Parties | NATIONAL EQUITABLE SOC. OF BELTON v. CARPENTER. |
Court | Texas Court of Appeals |
Appeal from Bowie County Court; Lee Tidwell, Judge.
Suit by J. W. Carpenter against the National Equitable Society of Belton. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Reversed, and judgment rendered for defendant.
The suit was by appellee against appellant. It was to recover back $110 paid by the former to the latter for and on one of its "loan contracts," and was commenced in a justice court. As grounds for the recovery he sought, appellee alleged as follows:
In the county court, to which an appeal was prosecuted, judgment was rendered in appellee's favor for the sum he sued for. This appeal is from that judgment.
It appears from the record that appellee applied to appellant for a "loan contract," through and at the instance of one King, appellant's agent, to whom he at the time paid $10 as the price thereof. The application was in writing, and was as follows:
Appellant thereupon delivered to appellee, and he accepted as a compliance with his application as shown by his indorsement thereon, appellant's obligation as follows:
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