Riley v. Hallmark
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Scurry County Court; C. R. Buchanan, Judge. Action by J. V. Riley against G. T. Hallmark. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHendricks, J.
This is a case of a trial of the right of property. The appellant, J. V. Riley, by filing the affidavit and bond, claimed 12 bales of cotton, which the appel-lee, Hallmark, had levied upon by writ of attachment. C. F. Veach was a tenant on a farm belonging to the appellant, Riley, and appellee, Hallmark, had instituted a suit against him, in the justice court for debt, issuing and levying attachment upon cotton, Riley claiming the same in this suit upon an agreement with Veach that the cotton was to be gathered and delivered to him as security for debt. At the time of the levy 5 bales of the…
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