Martin v. Butner

RAINEY, Chief Justice.

—Appellants brought this suit to recover damages of appellees for the alleged wilful, malicious and wrongful suing out of a writ of sequestration and ejecting them from certain premises held by them under a rental contract for a period of one year. A trial resulted in a judgment for appellees.

The trial court gave the following instruction, which is assigned as error, viz.: “Gentlemen of the jury: You are are instructed to find a verdict in this case in favor of the defendants J. C. Butner et al. The court gives you this instruction because from the judgments and orders…