Reid v. Ragland
| Citation | 156 S.W. 920 |
| Parties | REID v. RAGLAND. |
| Decision Date | 07 May 1913 |
| Court | Court of Appeals of Texas |
Appeal from District Court, Kimble County; Clarence Martin, Judge.
Action by G. R. Ragland against John F. Reid and another. From a judgment for plaintiff and denying recovery on a counterclaim, the named defendant appeals. Reversed and remanded.
Horace E. Wilson, of Junction, for appellant.
This was a suit by G. R. Ragland against J. F. Reid and R. A. Pickens to recover upon a promissory note for $500 with interest and attorney's fees. The note was made payable to the order of G. R. Ragland and W. R. Richardson, and Ragland asserted ownership of the whole note by assignment from Richardson. Upon prayer of the appellant, W. R. Richardson was made a party to the suit. Appellant answered by general denial and verified plea of failure of consideration, alleging that the note in question was executed by him as principal and his codefendant, Pickens, as surety, as a part of the purchase price of a tract of land purchased by him from G. R. Ragland and W. R. Richardson, and that the said note was to represent the cash payment for the land; the whole consideration being $2,500, and the balance thereof to be paid in four equal annual installments. The deed did not recite the execution of the note sued upon, nor reserve a lien for its security, but recited the execution of the other four notes and retained a vendor's lien upon the land to secure their payment. Appellant alleged: That Ragland and Richardson were partners and that his dealings were with Ragland as such partner. That he told Ragland that he could not buy the property because he would have no money to stock it or to pay for it when the notes came due, and that thereupon, as an inducement to purchase the land, and as a part of the consideration, Ragland, for himself and Richardson, agreed to purchase in the market 600 head of mutton goats of a certain quality and turn them over to appellant to be left in his care and custody and maintained on the property for the mutual profit of appellant and appellees. And that as an additional consideration he upon his part agreed to improve the fence around the land by adding three additional wires thereto. That relying upon appellee's agreement to furnish said goats as the main inducement and consideration for the trade, he executed the notes and delivered them to Ragland and Richardson and entered into possession of the land. That although he complied with his agreement with reference to the fence, the appellees failed to comply with their agreement to provide him with 600 goats, but represented to appellant that they were unable to obtain that number of goats of the kind specified in their contract, and induced him to modify the contract and agree to accept 300 goats of a different class. That although he agreed to such a modification of the contract and appellees promised anew to furnish him 300 goats of the kind specified, they failed to do so and furnished him only 100 goats. He alleged that from the 100 goats provided he realized in cash on the Mohair $101, and that the yield of kids was worth $172, and that if he had received the 300 goats which appellees agreed to furnish him his profits upon them would have been equal in proportion to the profits on the others and states his damages at $546. It is further alleged that the agreements and promises made by appellees to him were fraudulently made for the purpose of inducing him to buy, and that Ragland is not the bona fide holder of the said note, but fictitiously claims to own same for purposes of this suit. To the defendant's special answer the plaintiff interposed general demurrer and special exceptions which were sustained. Judgment was rendered for appellee Ragland in accordance with his prayer.
Appellee has filed no brief in this court. The appellant's allegation that appellee and W. R. Richardson were partners is not denied, and it must be assumed that such was their relation.
Appellant's first assignment of error is as follows: "The court erred in sustaining plaintiff's general demurrer to defendant's first amended answer and cross-action, because the said answer presented a legal cause of action that should have been heard upon its merits, and if the allegations in said answer were sustained by proof would have entitled the defendant to an offset against the note sued upon by plaintiff in this case."
The court in ruling on the pleadings of the parties made a general order sustaining all demurrers and exceptions urged by the plaintiff to the...
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