Roper Brothers v. Brady

HENRY, Associate Justice.

This suit was brought by appellees to recover damages for the sale of a horse and two mules under an execution in favor of appellants and against one Gilliam. The petition charged that the animals were the separate property of Sarah J. Brady, the wife of the other appellee, and'that the mules were worth $80 each and the horse $60; that defendants had notice that plaintiff at the time of the levy had rented thirty acres of land to cultivate during the year, and that he would be prevented from doing so by said levy and sale; that he had contracted to rent fifteen acres…