Brown v. Texas Cactus Hedge Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Johnson. Tried below before the Hon. Jo. Abbott. October 2, 1882, appellee brought this suit against appellants, to recover damages for an alleged wrongful seizure and sale of a part of a stock of groceries, claimed to have been purchased by appellee from William Price.
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Appeal from Johnson. Tried below before the Hon. Jo. Abbott. October 2, 1882, appellee brought this suit against appellants, to recover damages for an alleged wrongful seizure and sale of a part of a stock of groceries, claimed to have been purchased by appellee from William Price. Appellants answered and claimed that Price was greatly involved, in failing circumstances, and that he sold the stock of groceries to appellee for the purpose and with the intent to hinder, delay and defraud creditors, and appellee knew, or ought to have known, of such intent. Also, that appellee was not a…
1Opinion of the Court
Watts, J. Com. App.
This is a suit by appellee to recover damages for an alleged wrongful levy and sale of merchandise under a writ of attachment. The case as made may be summarized as follows: Price, a merchant at Cleburne, was indebted to appellant Brown, a merchant at Forth Worth, for goods purchased and delivered. About the 20th of September, 1882, the appellee purchased Price’s entire stock of groceries at the agreed price of $1,117.45; and it seems, though not clearly shown by the record, that on September 22, 1882, Brown instituted suit against Price in the county court of Johnson…
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