Dossey v. Oehler

COLLINGS, Justice.

This is a plea of privilege case. T. O. Dossey and wife, Elizabeth Dossey, filed suit in the District Court of Erath County against Chester A. Oehler, Ferrell W. Beck and J. D. Thomas, Sheriff of Erath County, to set aside a certain purported sale of a royalty interest in 352 acres of land situated in that county. Plaintiffs also alleged that the purported levy and sale of such land was maliciously done by defendants Beck and Oehler and sought to recover alleged actual damages in the sum of $500.00 and an additional $500.00 as exemplary damages. The defendants, Chester A.…