Gregg & Son v. W. D. Cleveland & Co.

TARLTON, Judge,

Section B.—This case involves the trial of right of property in a stock of merchandise formerly owned by P. H. McLaughlin, a merchant in the town of Timpsou, Shelby County, Texas. Appellants were plaintiffs in the court below, appellees, as claimants of the property, being defendants.

December 20, 1887, P. H. McLauglin, being insolvent, executed in favor of ¡Nathan.Gregg & Son a deed in trust transferring the property in controversy to secure a recited indebtedness of $2500. T. S. Short, the agent and representative of appellants, was made trustee in the deed, and as such took…