Dunn v. Price
Decision Date | 26 November 1894 |
Citation | 28 S.W. 681 |
Parties | DUNN v. PRICE. |
Court | Texas Supreme Court |
Action by J. F. Price against W. W. Dunn. Plaintiff had judgment, and defendant appealed to the court of civil appeals. From a judgment of that court affirming the judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant brings error. Reversed.
The opinion of the court of civil appeals was as follows (Head, J.):
W. L. Husbands and W. B. Ford, for plaintiff in error. Ross, Chapman & Ross, for defendant in error.
The defendant in error brought this suit against plaintiff in error to recover compensation for services rendered in procuring for the latter a purchaser of certain property under an alleged contract. There were a verdict and judgment for the defendant in error in the trial court, which judgment was affirmed in the court of civil appeals. The defendant in error, having been sworn as a witness on his own behalf, testified as follows,...
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