Evans Division-Royal Industries v. Jeffries

TUNKS, Chief Justice.

The appellee herein, Lynn Jeffries, filed suit in the district court against the appellant, Evans Division-Royal Industries, and Jack Heard, Harris County Sheriff. In that suit Jeffries alleged that Evans Division-Royal Industries had procured a wrongful levy of a writ of execution by the sheriff upon certain personal property of his which was exempt because it consisted of tools of his trade. He prayed for a temporary injunction to prevent the sale of the tools and that he recover damages in the amount of $50,000. The trial court, after hearing evidence, granted the…