Reagan v. Copeland
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Cherokee. Tried below before Hon. James I. Perkins. This is an appeal from a judgment for the value of goods seized by appellant as United States marshal and sold by him under execution. Reagan filed a motion for continuance as follows: “ B. O. Uopelandv. R. B. Reagan.—Suit pending in Cherokee County, Texas.
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Appeal from Cherokee. Tried below before Hon. James I. Perkins. This is an appeal from a judgment for the value of goods seized by appellant as United States marshal and sold by him under execution. Reagan filed a motion for continuance as follows: “ B. O. Uopelandv. R. B. Reagan.—Suit pending in Cherokee County, Texas. “And now comes defendant Reagan and states to the court that he can not go safely to trial at this time for the following reasons, to-wit: That the cause of action alleged is for damages on account of the levy of certain executions issued out of the Circuit Court of the United…
1Opinion of the Court
HENRY, Associate Justice.
—Copeland sued Reagan for the value of certain personal property which he charged was taken from his possession by Reaganas United States marshal for the Eastern District of Texas, under an execution issued out of the United States Circuit Court upon a judgment against other parties. The petition charged that plaintiff owned the property and that it was not subject to the writ under which it was wrongfully taken. The defendant answered and applied for a continuance, which was refused.
After bis application for a continuance was overruled the defendant and a number of…
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