Wilber v. Gus. J. Kray & Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Johnson. Tried below before Hon. J. M. Hall. On the 8th day of May, 1884, defendant in error caused an execution to be levied upon the goods in question by the sheriff of Johnson County, and by him valued at $1625.65, as the property of one H. Horton, defendant in execution, to satisfy a debt or judgment for the sum of $124.06, interest and cost.
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Error from Johnson. Tried below before Hon. J. M. Hall. On the 8th day of May, 1884, defendant in error caused an execution to be levied upon the goods in question by the sheriff of Johnson County, and by him valued at $1625.65, as the property of one H. Horton, defendant in execution, to satisfy a debt or judgment for the sum of $124.06, interest and cost. On the 19th day of May, 1884, J. C. Wilber, defendant in error, made affidavit and gave bond claiming the property as his, which bond and affidavit were filed in the District Court of Johnson County on October 30, 1884. On November 13,…
1Opinion of the Court
Gaines, Associate Justice.—
The appellees being judgment creditors of one H. Horton, caused an execution to be levied upon a certain stock of jewelry, watches, etc., as the property of the defendant in execution. The plaintiff in error delivered to the sheriff a claimant’s oath and bond under the statute, which were returned to the District Court of Johnson County, where a trial of the right of property was had which resulted in the judgment from which this writ of error was prosecuted.
In the issues made up under the direction of the court the plaintiff in error claimed that the goods were his…
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