L. N. Brunswig & Co. v. Kramer
L. N. Brunswig & Co. v. Kramer
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
§ 803. Depositions; an objection that an interrogatory is leading is an objection to manner and form of taking, etc. Appellants brought this suit in justice’s court
§ 804. Pleadings in justice's court; liability for goods ordered; measure of recovery in such case. The case made by the evidence is that appellee, a saloon-keeper in Fort Worth, had appellants, druggists in the same city, to order for him from New York, a lot of plate glass of specified dimensions, with appellee’s monogram engraved thereon. When the glass arrived, appellants demanded payment therefor of appellee, the sum demanded being $171.81, which appellants claimed was the reasonable market value of the goods in Fort Worth. Appellee refused payment, and refused to accept the glass. The glass is worthless to any one except appellee, because of its dimensions and his monogram, and cannot be sold. Its market value in Fort Worth, if it had not been made especially for appellee, would have been the amount sued for, and this market value appellants sought to recover. Upon this state of facts, the trial court was of opinion that this action could not be maintained. Held: Pleadings in justices’ courts are not required to be in writing, except certain special pleadings provided by statute, and great liberality is indulged with respect to the proceedings in said courts, the real object of the law being
Reversed and remanded.
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