Legal Opinion
Chasteen v. Clark
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 3, 1934No. 4319PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HAUL, Chief Justice.
The appellant, Chasteen, Was arrested in the .courthouse by Deputy Constable W. M. Roberts, who carried him before Judge B. R. Clark, justice of the peace, and without a trial he was ordered forthwith to jail. He filed this suit against Judge Clark, the United States Fidelity & Guaranty 'Company, surety on his official bond, Jack Burgess as eon-stable, making his bondsmen also parties to the suit, and against W. M. Roberts, deputy constable, to recover damages in the sum of $2,000.31.
The case was tried to a jury, and in response to special issues they found: (1) That…
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