Beck v. Jarrett

E. M. Jarrett, defendant in error, commenced this action in September, 1957,. against the plaintiffs in error, to recover possession of a certain promissory note in, the amount of $10,000, and $500 damages for alleged malicious and wrongful acts in retaining said note. The parties will be referred to as in the trial court.

The pleadings and the testimony developed that after filing several motions defendants answered in March, 1958; that in 1958 defendants and their second attorney were ready for trial and the case was continued at plaintiff’s request because he could not procure the…