Legal Opinion
Allen v. Tyson-Jones Buggy Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided May 6, 1897No. 542PublishedCited by 34 opinions
Question certified from the Court of Civil Appeals, Fourth District, in an appeal from Navarro County. The suit was brought by the Tyson-Jones Buggy Company against R. J. Allen et al. to recover for conversion • of plaintiff’s property. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, the defendants appealed. The judgment was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals, but, pending a motion for rehearing by appellants, the question shown in the opinion was certified to the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
The Court of Civil Appeals for the The Fourth Supreme Judicial District has certified to this court the following statement and question:
“This suit was brought by appellee, Tyson-Jones Buggy Co., against appellants, Kemsler Bros, and R. J. Allen, to recover §300 actual and §100 vindictive damages for the alleged wrongful conversion by appellants of a phaeton and buggy belonging to the appellee.
“It was alleged by appellee, plaintiff below, in its petition, that it was a corporation organized under the laws of the State of North Carolina, in which State, at Carthage,…
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