Legal Opinion

Briggs v. Lane

Texas Commission of Appeals

Decided June 2, 1880No. 891, Op. Book No. 2, p. 153Published

Appeal from Falls County.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Quinan, J.

§ 960. Amendment; officer's return upon an attachment. An attachment was levied by the sheriff upon some furniture but in his return upon the writ he omit*540ted to state the furniture was levied upon as the property of the defendant in the writ. The sheriff was permitted, to amend his return in this respect. Held, that it was within the discretion of the court to permit the sheriff to amend his return, and it was properly exercised. It could work no injury to the defendant to state that the furniture was his property. [Hill v. Cunningham, 25 Tex. 25.]

June 2, 1880.

§ 961.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Sweeney v. JarvisTexas Supreme Court · 1851
  2. Hill v. CunninghamTexas Supreme Court · 1860
  3. Wright v. RaglandTexas Supreme Court · 1857
  4. Primrose v. RodenTexas Supreme Court · 1855
  5. Hughes v. Maddox's Ex'rsTexas Supreme Court · 1851

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