Garrison v. Cooke
Decision Date | 16 February 1903 |
Citation | 72 S.W. 54 |
Parties | GARRISON v. COOKE. |
Court | Texas Supreme Court |
Action by T. S. Garrison against J. W. Cooke. From a judgment in favor of defendant, plaintiff appeals. On certified questions from the court of civil appeals.
Blount & Garrison and Claude Pollard, for appellant. J. G. Woolworth, J. H. Long, H. N. Nelson, W. R. Anderson, and Spencer & Scott, for appellee.
The following questions have been certified for our determination:
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