Traylor v. Townsend
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Colorado. Tried below before the Hon. Everett Lewis. Action for damages against J. L. Townsend, J. E. Wallis and Henry Landes, of Galveston county, for the alleged wrongful entry of appellees into appellant’s store-houses and warerooms, and forcibly taking therefrom goods, the property of appellant, of the value of $1,685.85; for alleged wrongs and trespasses done and committed by appellees in forcibly taking possession of and carrying away said goods without…
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Appeal from Colorado. Tried below before the Hon. Everett Lewis. Action for damages against J. L. Townsend, J. E. Wallis and Henry Landes, of Galveston county, for the alleged wrongful entry of appellees into appellant’s store-houses and warerooms, and forcibly taking therefrom goods, the property of appellant, of the value of $1,685.85; for alleged wrongs and trespasses done and committed by appellees in forcibly taking possession of and carrying away said goods without appellant’s consent, whereby they were mixed and injured, and appellant’s standing as a merchant damaged. He alleged that…
1Opinion of the Court
Willie, Chief Justice.—
The assignments of error found in the record relate to the charges given by the court, the verdict of the jury and the refusal to grant a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence. It is not complained that the evidence was not sufficient to warrant the judgment under a legal verdict and proper instructions to the jury.
It is objected to the charge that it instructed the jury that mere badges of fraud were fraud per se, and contradicted the special instructions given upon request of the appellees.
After a thorough examination of all the charges given by the…
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