Gest v. Dube
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Lee County Court; John H. Tate, Judge. Suit by Hermann Dube and others against Hugo Gest and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRice, J.
This suit was brought by ap-pellees against appellants to recover damag es for depredation of stock upon tlieir growing crops. It seems that prior to the filing of this suit Hermann Dube, one of the ap-pellees herein, presented his complaint in writing to Hon. Oscar Jones, justice of the peace in and for precinct No. 4, Lee county, wherein it was stated that he was the owner of a certain farm and pasture surrounded by a lawful fence, situated in said county and precinct, a part of which was in cultivation, planted to corn and cotton; that Hugo Gest and Wm. Ericke were the owners of certain…
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