York v. Carlisle

FISHER, Chief Justice.

This is a suit by appellee Carlisle against Mrs. York and George Lewis to recover damages claimed to have resulted to appellee by reason of the levy of a distress warrant sued out by Mrs. York, in a case pending in the justice court, wherein she was plaintiff and one C. T. Pierce was defendant. The warrant was levied by George Lewis, as constable, upon a mare, as the property of C. T. Pierce, but the ownership of which was claimed by the appellee. The suit by the appellee is in effect one for the conversion of the animal. He recovered judgment in the court below for $300…