Schutz v. Morris

BAUGH, Justice.

Appeal is from a judgment, based upon a special issue verdict, in favor of appellees against appellants for both actual and exemplary damages occasioned by the conduct of appellants in removing, without legal authority and without their knowledge or consent, the personal property and effects of appellees- from the room rented and occupied by them in the City of Austin.

We do not understand appellants to deny that they acted without legal authority; nor that they are liable for actual damages. The only contention here made in that regard is that the evidence will not support the…