Case Name: UNITED SAV. BANK v. CASTRO et al.
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1921-03-03
Citations: 230 S.W. 223
Docket Number: No. 6295
Parties: UNITED SAV. BANK v. CASTRO et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 230
Pages: 223–224

Head Matter:
UNITED SAV. BANK v. CASTRO et al.
(No. 6295.)
(Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Austin.
March 3, 1921.
Rehearing Denied May 4, 1921.)
1. Appeal and error &wkey;> 1001 (I) — Verdict supported by evidence will not be disturbed.
Special finding by the jury, which was determinative of the rights of the parties, being supported by evidence, will not be disturbed on appeal.
On Motion for Rehearing.
2. Appeal and error <&wkey;1122(3) — Verdict being supported by evidence, appellate court will not find evidentiary facts.
Where the Appellate Court found that a special verdict was supported by the evidence, it need not find evidentiary facts.
Appeal from District Court, Brown County; J. O. Woodward, Judge.
Action by the United Savings Bank against Marshall Castro and another. Prom a judgment for the defendants, plaintiff appeals.
Affirmed.
Holland & Bartlett, of Dallas, and C. L. McCartney, of Brownwood, for appellant.
Wilkinson & McGaugh and Jno. W. Goodwin, <all of Brownwood, for appellees.

Opinion:
JENKINS, J.
The facts necessary to a proper understanding of this case are that appellee and wife were indebted to a contractor, in the sum of $2,500, for building a house for them. In payment of said work, they executed their notes to the contractor, secured by mechanic's lien. Appellant was engaged in the business of loaning money, particularly upon notes secured by mechanic's liens.' B. E. Hurlbut, at Brownwood, Tex., where appellees and the contractor lived, had for some years represented appellant in making such loans. Appellant sent a draft to Hurlbut for $2,500, with written instructions to the effect that the same 'should be indorsed by Castro and wife and delivered to the contractor. Hurlbut presented this draft to appellee and wife, and they indorsed the same, and thereupon Hurlbut cashed the draft and placed the proceeds in a bank to his own credit. Thereafter he paid a portion of the proceeds of such draft to the contractor, and converted the remainder to his own use. The case was submitted to a jury, upon the following special issue:
"Who did B. E. Hurlbut represent at the time the draft in question was cashed, Marshall Castro and Julia Castro, or the plaintiff, United Savings Bank of Detroit? "
Under the pleadings and the evidence, this was the only material issue necessary to a proper decision of this ease. The jury answered: "United Savings Bank."
The testimony showed that appellees never had possession of the draft, except when the same was handed to them for their in-dorsement ; nor do we think it was intended that they should have. Letters written by appellant, in connection with this transaction, as also in connection with similar transactions, furnish sufficient evidence to sustain the findings of the jury. It would serve no useful purpose to set out these letters in this opinion.
Finding no error of record, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
Affirmed.