Case Name: J. S. Roddy et al. v. J. A. Rawles
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1880-06-09
Citations: 1 White & W. 30
Docket Number: No. 1210, Op. Book No. 3, p. 419
Parties: J. S. Roddy et al. v. J. A. Rawles.
Judges: 
Reporter: Condensed Reports of Decisions in Civil Causes in the Court of Appeals (White & Wilson)
Volume: 1
Pages: 30–31

Head Matter:
J. S. Roddy et al. v. J. A. Rawles.
(No. 1210, Op. Book No. 3, p. 419.)
Appeal from Hill County.

Opinion:
Opinion by
White, P. J.
§ 69. Allegation of breach of contract. In a suit for a breach of rent contract, the petition alleged that "defendant never complied with the terms of the written contract, in this, that defendant failed and refused to pay plaintiffs for the work and labor done by them on defendant's farm during the year 1876, as stipulated for in said contract, and that they did work, the value of which is reasonably worth the sum of $100." Held, that while this allegation is very general, it was sufficient, in the absence of any special exception to it, to entitle the plaintiff to introduce evidence of the breach of the contract, and of the value of the work and labor done. [Sayles' PI. § 61; Holman v. Criswell, 15 Tex. 394.]
June 9, 1880.
Eeversed and remanded.