Grayson v. Hollingsworth
| Decision Date | 22 May 1912 |
| Citation | 148 S.W. 1135 |
| Parties | GRAYSON v. HOLLINGSWORTH. |
| Court | Texas Court of Appeals |
Appeal from Tom Green County Court; Oscar Frink, Judge.
Action by J. M. Hollingsworth against Sam Grayson and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant Grayson appeals. Affirmed.
Hill, Lee & Hill, of San Angelo, for appellant. C. E. Dubois, of San Angelo, for appellee.
On September 27, 1909, appellee filed suit in the justice's court against Sam Grayson and Will Weaver for $175, alleging that they had listed with him a certain lot for sale at the sum of $3,500; and that after he had procured a purchaser for them they refused to consummate said trade and declined to pay him his commission therefor. A trial in the justice's court resulted in a judgment in their behalf, from which appellee appealed to the county court. During the pendency of said appeal, Weaver died, and on October 3, 1911, which was more than two years after the filing of the original suit, appellee filed his petition in the county court, alleging the death of Weaver, and that he and Grayson were partners at the time of said transaction, and prayed for recovery against him as surviving partner. By another count he insisted that, if it should be held that Grayson and Weaver were not partners in said transaction, then they were equal joint owners of said lot, and that by reason of the facts heretofore stated appellant became liable and promised to pay one-half of said commission sued for, for which he prayed judgment. To this plea appellant addressed a special exception, to the effect that the same set up a new cause of action and was subject to be defeated by the plea of limitation, which was urged against it. He likewise denied partnership under oath, and also insisted upon the plea of limitation, as well as a general denial. His special exceptions were overruled, and the trial resulted in a judgment in favor of appellee for the sum of $87.50, with interest, from which this appeal is prosecuted, and appellant seeks reversal of this case on the sole ground that appellee pleaded a new cause of action in the county court, which was barred by the two-year statute of limitation.
There is nothing in the record to show that Grayson and Weaver were sued as joint obligors in the justice's court; and we must presume, in the absence of such showing, that they were sued in their individual capacity, either severally or jointly and severally, because on appeal in such cases appellate courts must adopt, in the absence of proof to the contrary, such presumption as will support the action of the trial court. See Williams v. Howard, 10 Tex. Civ. App. 527, 31 S. W. 835; Bowman v. S. W. Land Co., 107 S. W 585; ...
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