Case Name: COMPTON v. JENNINGS LUMBER CO.
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1924-02-07
Citations: 266 S.W. 569
Docket Number: No. 1653
Parties: COMPTON v. JENNINGS LUMBER CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 266
Pages: 569–573

Head Matter:
COMPTON v. JENNINGS LUMBER CO.
(No. 1653.)
(Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. El Paso.
Feb. 7, 1924.
On the Merits, Oct. 16, 1924.
On Rehearing, Nov. 6, 1924.
Further Rehearing Denied Nov. 26, 1924.)
On Motion for Certiorari.
1. Appeal and error @=>659(1)—Court of Civil Appeals not empowered to require correction and completion of statement of facts by writ of certiorari.
The Court of Civil Appeals cannot issue writ of certiorari directing official stenographer of trial court “to correct and complete” the statement of facts, but application must be made to trial court, and, if granted, writ may then issue from Court of Civil Appeals to bring up the corrected record.
On the Merits.
2. Corporations @=>661 (6)—Foreign corporation could recover balance due on open account representing items sold subsequent to issuance of permit.
Foreign corporation could recover amount due for lumber furnished on open account, notwithstanding failure to file certified copy of articles of incorporation, and obtain permit until after it had furnished tentative estimates of the cost and had made some deliveries where balance due represented items delivered subsequent to issuance of permit; the various deliveries constituting separate sales.
3. Mechanics’ liens @=>271 (7)— Materialman’s petition showing sale to owner not demur-rable for failure to allege owner’s indebtedness to contractor.
In suit to foreclose materialman’s lien, petition pleading sales of material to contractor and owner jointly at their request on open account held not demurrable for failure to allege that when statutory notices were given to owner under Rev. St. art. 5623, he was indebted to the contractor, or subsequently became so.
4. Mechanics’ Hens <©=>99(l) — Notice to owner impounded money due contractor at time of notice, or which subsequently became due, to ■extent of lien.
Materialman’s notice to owner, under Rev. St. art. 5623, impounded in his hands, to the extent of materialman’s lien, all moneys due contractor at the time, or which subsequently became due, and subsequent payments to contractor were at owner’s peril.
5. Mechanics’ liens I f 5(4) — Materialman who gave owner notice of amount due from contractor prior to payment to contractor, entitled to lien therefor.
Materialman’s notice to owner of amount due from contractor prior to payment of such amount by owner to . contractor entitled ma-terialman to lien for such amount, though written notices of the material furnished were not given to owner promptly as it was furnished.
On Rehearing.
6. Mechanics’ liens <©^>139(3) — Lumber company’s lien affidavit and statement of account using abbreviations usually contained in lumber bills held sufficient
Lumber company’s lien affidavit and account ut the ordinary form, with the usual abbreviations contained in lumber bills, held, sufficient to describe the character and amount of each item of material.
7. Mechanics’ liens <©=>146 — Affidavit and statement of account showing dates in numerical form held sufficient.
Lumber company’s lien affidavit and statement of account showing dates of the various items in numerical form, such as “3/10,” held sufficient.
8. Mechanics’ liens <©=>304(1) — Materialman seeking personal judgment on sale to contractor must allege indebtedness to contractor.
In materialman’s action to foreclose lien, pleadings held not to support personal judgment against owner on theory of sale to contractor and compliance with statutory provisions, where it was not alleged that at the time statutory notices were given owner was indebted to contractor or subsequently became so.
9. Judgment <©=>200 — Judgment reversed for failure of findings to correspond with pleadings.
In materialman’s action to foreclose lien, in which the petition, alleged delivery of material on open account to owner and contractor jointly and did not allege owner’s indebtedness to contractor, findings that material was sold to contractor would not support a personal judgment.
Appeal from District Court, Taylor County ; W. R. Ely, Judge.
Suit by the Jennings Lumber Company against R. B. Compton and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and named defendant appeals and moves for a writ of certiorari directing trial court’s official stenographer to correct and complete statement of facts..
Motion denied, and judgment reversed and remanded on rehearing as to name defendant, otherwise affirmed.
Sayles & Sayles, of Eastland, for appellant.
R. W. Haynie, of Abilene, for appellee.
Writ of error dismissed for want of jurisdiction January 28, 1925.

Opinion:
On Motion for Certiorari.
HIGGINS, J.
Appellant asks the issuance of a writ of certiorari to the official stenographer of the trial court directing him "to correct and complete" the statement of facts herein by eliminating certain evidence alleged to be. improperly incorporated therein and by adding thereto certain evidence alleged to be improperly omitted therefrom.
This court has no authority to thus require the alteration of the records of the lower court. Application must be made to that court, and, if granted, the writ may then issue from this court to bring up the corrected record. Boggess v. Harris, 90 Tex. 476, 39 S. W. 565; Eaton v. Klein (Tex. Civ. App.) 174 S. W. 331.
Motion overruled.
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