Welch v. Renfro

REESE, Associate Justice.

M. P. Renfro sued Thomas Welch in a Justice Court to recover the value of two horses which had been hired by Renfro to Welch and which Welch had driven to death. Ancillary to this suit Renfro sued out a writ of garnishment against Gaines Purvis, deputy sheriff, who was alleged to have in his possession $150, the property of Welch, or to be indebted to him in that amount. Welch had been arrested by Purvis at night upon a charge of malicious mischief in driving the horses to death, and to save himself from going to jail had deposited with Purvis $150 in cash as security…