Lingo Lumber Co. v. Harris

•BAUGH, J.

C. A. Harris sued the Lingo Lumber Company, a corporation, alleging conversion of lots 3 and 4, in block 4 of Elks Hill addition to the city of Dallas, legal title to which lots said lumber company held in trust for Harris. Judgment was rendered in favor of Harris upon special issues answered by the jury, from which the lumber compapy has prosecuted this writ of error.

The purchase price of the lots was $1,700 each. Harris paid $500 on each lot, and the lumber company paid $1,200 on each. The lots were conveyed to the lumber company. A house was constructed on each lot under an…