Texas Supreme Court July 1, 1870 (Cooper v. McCrimmin)

Morrill, C. J.

This.suit was.on a subscription paper to build a bridge, as follows: “ We whose names appear below agree and bind ourselves to pay the amount annexed to our names to any person or contractor who may hereafter build a free bridge across Mud creek, at the place known as the burnt bridge on the road leading from the town of Rusk in Cherokee county to Henderson in Rusk county, and the