Fayette County v. Faisin's Ex'r

Citations

• 44 Tex. 585

Syllabus

<p>1. Implied contract.—Where a party rendered services for which he was to be compensated from the proceeds of the sale of the property on which his labor was expended, for the purpose of enabling the employer to sell it to the best advantage, and after the service was rendered the employer withdrew the property from sale: Held, That reasonable compensation could be recovered.</p> <p>2. School lands.—Where school lands were ordered to be sold under an act of the Legislature, (act of November 1,1866,) and preparatory to sale a surveyor was employed to subdivide the lands and make maps, sketches, &c., to be paid for out of the interest of the proceeds of the sale, and the constitutional convention, June 30, 1808, indefinitely postponed the sale of the lands, the surveyor is entitled to recover for his services performed, although the lands were not sold.</p>