Evans v. Groesbeck

PLEASANTS, Associate Justice.

This is an action for the trial of the right of property, brought under the statute authorizing and governing such proceedings. The appellant, who is a creditor of one J. D. Owens, brought suit against him, and procured the issuance of a writ of attachment, which was levied upon 130 sacks of rice found on the farm wdiich was occupied by Owens as a tenant of appellee. Hpon the seizure of the rice under this writ appellee filed a claimant’s oath and bond, as required by the statute, for a trial of the right of property.

Appellee’s claim of right to the possession of…