Legal Opinion
Pargas of Longview, Inc. v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 17, 1978No. 8595PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.
Franklin Jones, Sr., filed suit against Pargas to recover damages resulting from Pargas’s removal of a butane gas tank from his property. Liability was predicated upon three theories: violation of the Texas Debt Collection Act, 1 willful trespass, and conversion. After a non-jury trial the district court awarded Jones $175.00 for the value of the tank, $750.00 damages for mental anguish, $1,000.00 exemplary damages and $1,250.00 attorney’s fees.
The trial court’s findings of fact reveal that, shortly after World War II, Jones installed a butane gas system at his second…
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