Texas Cotton Co-Op. Ass'n v. Felton

(after stating the case as above).

The appeal is rested chiefly on the point that judgment should have been rendered in favor of the Texas Cotton Co-operative Association on its cross-action for damages as for conversion, not only against J. M. Gray and G. B. Kerr, but also against the sheriff, J. M. Felton, and M. L. Allen & Son. It is urged that as the cotton was seized under writ of sequestration, a cause of action for conversion was conclusively established in the fact of private sale of the same without judicial process. The principle of law sought to be invoked by the appellant is well…