Schneider & Davis v. Ferguson & Son
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Dallas. Tried below before Hon. Geo. N. Aldredge.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Associate Justice.
—This suit was brought by appellees to recover of appellants damages for the wrongful and malicious suing out of an attachment, and resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs for $300 actual and $200 exemplary damages.
The plaintiffs were merchants in the city of Dallas, doing a small grocery business, and were indebted to several creditors, among whom were the defendants. On the 18th of May, 1881, Morris & Randall sued out an attachment against the plaintiffs and levied it upon a part of their stock in trade. On the next day Schneider & Davis sued out…
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