Kennedy v. McCauley
Kennedy v. McCauley
Opinion of the Court
The judgment for principal, interest, and attorney’s fees was rendered against appellant L. A. Kennedy, as principal, and appellant R. Q. Kennedy, as surety, on a promissory note of $1,500, sued on by the appellee G. W. McCauley, as plaintiff, in the district court of Collingsworth county. The appellant L. A Kennedy defended the suit on the ground that th'e note was given in settlement of a gambling transaction and was void under the laws of Texas, prohibiting contracts in “futures,” in that the note was executed in payment of the difference between the contract price and market value *424 of 25 bales of cotton, which, it is claimed, ajjpellant L. A. Kennedy had contracted to deliver to appellee in the future, but which the parties mutually understood was not actually to be delivered. The appellant R. Q. Kennedy claimed these was no consideration for his signing the note as surety, in that the debt which he promised to pay was the gambling debt of another, and past due when he signed the note given to cover said debt.
The trial was before the court without a jury. No findings of fact or conclusions of law appear in the record. The evidence shows that, in the spring of 1010, defendant L. A. Kennedy contracted in writing to deliver -to appellee on November 20, 1919, 25 bales of cotton at 17 cents per pound, though cotton had- a market value of 22 cents per pound when the agreement was made. The contract had been misplaced at the time of trial, but proof of its contents was parol testimony. At the time of delivery, the cotton had a market value of 39 cents per pound. Appellee failed to deliver the cotton on the date agreed upon, and on December 10. 1919, appellant L. A. Kennedy and appellee settled their contract by appellant L. A. Kennedy promising to pay appellee $2,500. As part of the settlement, the appellee agreed to accept the note sued on, with the understanding it would be signed by appellant R. Q. Kennedy and made payable 12 months after its date. Accordingly the note was executed, delivered, and accepted as agreed upon. There was a dispute in the testimony as to whether or not there was an intention or agreement to make actual delivery of the cotton. The appellants say in their brief:
“The plaintiff, McCauley, testified that an actual bona fide intention for the delivery of the cotton was made. The defendant R. A. Kennedy, the other contracting party, testified that it was agreed to settle on the maritet. * * * The attorneys who prepared the contract testified they thought it provided for delivery of the cotton.” Page 13, Appellant’s Brief.
The sufficiency of the evidence to show that there was a bona fide agreement to make an actual delivery of the cotton is assailed. As already indicated, the testimony on this issue was conflicting, but ample to sustain the judgment of the trial court. Kennedy v. McCauley, 236 S. W. 754.
. Finding no reversible error, the judgment is affirmed.
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