Tillman v. Brown
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Wichita, Tried below before the Hon. B. F. Williams. The statement of the commission of appeals is adopted, and is as follows: Appellant was a wholesale merchant, residing and doing business in the city of Dallas, Texas.
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Appeal from Wichita, Tried below before the Hon. B. F. Williams. The statement of the commission of appeals is adopted, and is as follows: Appellant was a wholesale merchant, residing and doing business in the city of Dallas, Texas. Appellee was, at the institution of this cause, a saloon-keeper and gambler, and for several years prior thereto resided in and carried on his business in the city of Weather-ford, Parker county, Texas; and while so residing and carrying on his business at Weatherford, he purchased of appellant articles of merchandise, and on the 31st day of August, 1882, accepted…
1Opinion of the Court
Watts, J. Com. App.
One of the contested issues in the case was as to whether or not the house and lot upon which the attachment had been levied was at that time exempt from forced sale, by reason of its being the place where appellee exercised his calling or business as the head of a family.
Appellee asserted this claim of exemption, and averred that notwithstanding he had sold to Johnson his stock of liquors, bar fixtures, etc., he still retained a portion of the building and continued his business of restaurant keeper therein.
Appellant replied that in fact the only business conducted by…
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