Parker v. McGinnes

HALL, Justice.

V. C. McGinnes filed this suit against Mr. and Mrs. James P. Parker to recover damages allegedly resulting from a trespass by defendants upon land in plaintiff’s possession. After the case was tried to a jury, judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff against defendant Mr. Parker for $173.70 actual damages and $1,500.00 exemplary damages. We affirm the judgment.

Plaintiff alleged that he held leases from the owners to three ten-acre lots numbered 8, 9 and 10, out of the Gulf Coast Development Company First South Subdivision, Al-goa Orchards, Galveston County, Texas, for the…