Basham v. Smith

The Court of Civil Appeals reversed and remanded this cause in which the petitioners, Basham et al., as plaintiffs, had judgment on a verdict in the district court for statutory triple damages and attorney fees under U. S. C. A., Title 50 Appendix secs. 925(e) and 1895 by reason of alleged rental overcharges collected by their landlady, a Mrs. Aldredge, testatrix of the defendant-respondents, Bayard Martin Smith and wife, who were respectively independent executor and trustee under the will. 227 S. W. 2d 853. The suit was begun against the testatrix, but on her death before trial the…