Cox v. Collom

[1, 2] This suit originated in the justice court. At the time the transaction occurred out of which this controversy arose, the appellee, S. A. Collom, was the owner of a mule. He traded it to the appellant IT. W. Cox for a mare owned by the latter. It was claimed by Collom that Cox represented the mare to be sound; that she kft-orwards proved to be unsound and worthless. He brought this suit against Cox and W. C. Shipp, a subsequent purchaser, to recover possession of the mule, upon the ground that Cox had secured the exchange of the property by fraudulent representations. The facts show…