Hudson v. P. J. Willis & Bro.
Texas Supreme Court
. Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon.Wm., H. Stewart. This suit was instituted by Thos. F. Hudson, Jr., in the district court of Galveston county, March 21,1883, against P. J. Willis & Bro., to recover damages, actual and exemplary, in the sum of $200,000, for the wrongful seizure and conversion of a stock of goods at Fort Worth, Texas, on October 23, 1882, at that time in the possession of plaintiff, and valued at $61,544.98. Judgment was given for defendants…
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. Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon.Wm., H. Stewart. This suit was instituted by Thos. F. Hudson, Jr., in the district court of Galveston county, March 21,1883, against P. J. Willis & Bro., to recover damages, actual and exemplary, in the sum of $200,000, for the wrongful seizure and conversion of a stock of goods at Fort Worth, Texas, on October 23, 1882, at that time in the possession of plaintiff, and valued at $61,544.98. Judgment was given for defendants on April 30, 1884. The evidence showed that plaintiff, T. F. Hudson, Jr., purchased a stock of goods and commenced…
1Opinion of the Court
Willie, Chief Justice.
The appellant (plaintiff below) brought this suit against P. J. Willis & Bro. to recover damages, actual and exemplary, for the wrongful and malicious seizure and conversion of a stock of goods, of which the plaintiff was possessed as of property, and with which he was doing business as a merchant, at Fort Worth, Texas. The seizure was alleged to have been made by the sheriff of Tarrant county, under an execution issued upon a judgment in favor of Willis & Bro., and against T. F. Hudson & Son, of which latter firm, the plaintiff was not a member. It was further alleged…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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