Crawford v. Slaten

Appellant instituted suit in replevin against appellee in the court of A. Kaufman, a justice of the peace in Heber Township, Cleburne County, to recover the possession of 1,430 pounds of seed cotton, alleging that he owned same. The cotton was seized under a writ, and later sold for $120. The pleadings were lost, and the cause was continued from time to time. Finally an agreement was reached as to the contents of the lost papers, and the Qap§e_ w§,s tried upQrL Hie agreement &nd, evidence, which resulted in a dismissal of the replevin and a judgment in favor of appellee for $60, one-half the…