Schneider & Davis v. McCoulsky

LIGHTFOOT, Chief Justice.

The following statement is substantially correct: This suit was brought against appellants to recover the value of a certain stock of shelf goods, groceries, merchandise, etc.; also show cases, fixtures, and other effects. Appellee’s cause of action was based on an alleged wrongful seizure under a writ of attachment issued out of the District Court of Rockwall County, Texas, on December 29, 1891, in a suit in which appellants were plaintiffs and one R. C. Garner defendant.

Appellee claimed the goods so seized and converted by appellants as trustee in a chattel…