Trahan v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Liberty County Court; Sam Houston Cain, Judge. Action by Louise Smith and another against Joe Trahan. Judgment for plaintiffs in the county court on appeal from a justice of the peace, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Quinn, J.
This suit originated in the justice court of precinct No. 1,-Liberty county, Tex. Louise Smith, joined by her husband, Calvin Smith, sued Joe Trahan for the value of one brood sow alleged to be worth $60, and the further sum of $50 as exemplary damages for the wrongful and malicious killing of said sow by the “defendant’s boys,” who, as his agents, servants, and employés, were alleged to have “killed said sow by beating and striking her, and having the dogs bite, tear, and injure said sow in such manr ner that she died within a few minutes from the effect thereof.”
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