Trinity County Dumber Co. v. Conner
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Trinity County Court; C. M. McKinnon, Judge. Action by Ernest Conner against the Trinity County Lumber Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
This was a suit by the ap-pellee against appellant for the conversion of the sum of $36.95 alleged to be current wages, and for $20 attorney’s fees, and $25 punitive damages. Appellant pleaded a set-off of $35.10, tendered into court $1.85, pleaded the minority of plaintiff at the time such wages were earned and that they were the property of his mother, and set up a counterclaim for $150. Appellee abandoned his claim for $25 punitive damages, and judgment was rendered in his favor for $30.05, his current wages, and $20 attorney’s fees, and no disposition was made in the final judgment of…
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