MacKey v. Hall Auto Co.

SAMFORD, Judge.

The original suit was in statutory detinue under chapter 282 of the Code of 1923 (section 7389 et seq.), and was brought by the plaintiff against J. A. C. Mackey and R. H. Mackey as defendants, claiming specific personal property, to wit, 250 bushels of corn, 5 bales of lint cotton, 2,000 pounds of cotton in the seed, 2 tons cotton seed, and 2 tons of hay, with the value of the hire or use thereof during its detention, to wit, from the 15th day of October, 1934. The sheriff’s return discloses a levy on 275 bushels of corn, 1 ton of cotton seed, and 1% tons of hay.

The claimant…