Baker & Terrell v. Guinn

NEILL, Associate Justice.

This suit was brought by appellee, in the-County Court of Guadalupe County, against the appellants, to recover the value of four bales of cotton, weighing 2040 pounds, alleged to be worth §204, and to'be the property of appellee. It was alleged, that appellants, knowing the cotton to be the property of appellee, unlawfully seized and converted it to their use, and-that such seizure was maliciously and oppressively made, with the knowledge on the part of appellants that thereby appellee would be put to a great trouble, loss of time, and expense.

Appellee alleged, also,…