Stewart v. Pruett

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Preston, J.

The plaintiff sued the defendants for damages for trespass, in disturbing him in the possession of some lumber, in the town of Bastrop. He obtained an injunction againsttheir acts, and complained in a supplemental petition, that they were violating the injunction, and the fact appealed, especially as to Pruett, by the sheriff’s return.

The defendants severed in their answers, but each plead that the suit had been settled, with some other immaterial matters. They severed, also, in the trial of the case, and a verdict was rendered against…