American Indemnity Co. v. McCann

This suit was instituted in the district court of Nueces county, Tex., on June 4, 1921, by George McCann against H. R. Smeltzer and John Miller. The petition aUeges, in substance, that Smeltzer and Miller, who w.e will hereinafter call the defendants, tools possession of certain property belonging to Mc-Cann, consisting of boats, seines, etc., used in the fishing business by McCann. The prayer is for possession of the property alleged to have been converted and for damages. McCann filed affidavit and bond and obtained writ of sequestration, by virtue of which the property was sequestered. The…