Finnigan-Brown Co. v. Escobar

Finnigan-Brown Company brought suit against Leon Escobar and T. J. Woodside to recover the title and possession of certain hides. It caused a writ of sequestration to be issued, and the property in litigation was seized thereunder. It replevied the property and received possession thereof from the sheriff. Thereafter Winceslao Garcia, intervened, claiming the property in litigation adversely to all parties.

Upon trial before a jury, the cause was submitted upon special issues. The answers returned to the questions submitted found, in effect, that the property in litigation was owned by…