Taylor v. Stanford

MONTEITH, Chief Justice.

This action was brought by appellant, R. E. Taylor, for the recovery from appellee, Leroy Paul Stanford, the Sheriff of Anderson County, Texas, of actual and exemplary damages alleged to' have been sustained as a result of the entering and searching of ap-pellamf’s premises by one of appellee’s deputies and other officers without a search warrant or other authority, and for the alleged seizure by them of certain personal property of .appellant.

In a trial before the court without a jury, judgment was rendered awarding appellant actual damages in the sum of $61.40 and…