Sweeney v. Conley
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Morris, Tried below before the Hon. W. P. McLean. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Gaines, Associate Justice.
The appellee brought this suit in the court below to recover of appellants, who were the sheriff of Morris county and the sureties on his official bond, damages for the seizure of certain personal property levied upon by virtue of an attachment against one W. M. Stringfellow and his wife N. L. Stringfellow. The plaintiff claimed the goods under a sale from W. M. Stringfellow, made before the levy. The defense was that at the time of the sale Stringfellow was insolvent, and that the sale was made to defraud his creditors, and that plaintiff had knowledge of the facts.
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