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39 Tex. 480

Walling v. Wheeler

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1873

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1873-07-01

Tried below before the Hon. J. B. Williamson. This was a suit filed January 25, 1870, by James C. Wheeler, administrator of JohnMcLanahan, against Ann Walling, A. J. Walling and C. M. Wilson, executors of Jesse Walling, for an account of funds in hands of their testator, the proceeds of sale of the Jean Baptiste Gray league of land; and for the proceeds, less une-fiftli thereof. The cause of action is a contract as follows : “Republic of Texas, '[ “ County of Houston.

Decided 1873-07-01

McAdoo, J.,

¶1on rehearing.—A thorough examination of this case on rehearing has fully satisfied our minds of the correctness of the view of the case announced by Justice Walker in his opinion heretofore rendered.

¶2The written contract between Walling and the intestate of the appellee was a simple personal contract between the parties, by the terms of which Walling expressly bound himself to perform the services undertaken within three years from the date of the contract. It was expressly provided that if the terms of the contract had not been fully complied with within the time prescribed, then and thereupon a right of action accrued in the nature of a suit for damages.

¶3*487In no sense can the instrument sued on be construed as creating an express and continuing trust.

¶4Suit was not brought upon the contract within four years from the accrual af the right of action; on the contrary, some twenty years elapsed before suit was instituted.

¶5The claim had long since been barred by the statute of limitations, if indeed it had not become a stale demand.

¶6For these reasons we adhere to the former opinion and judgment.

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