Morris & Morris v. Files
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Montgomery. Tried below before the Hon. James Masterson. .David S. Files brought suit against Morris & Morris upon a written contract for the delivery of certain lumber alleged to be worth 0624.86. Plaintiff also sued out an attachment, which was, on the twenty-first of December, 1867,.levied on 20,000 feet of lumber, and upon the steam mill, fixtures, etc., the property of A. E. Morris, one of the defendants.
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Appeal from Montgomery. Tried below before the Hon. James Masterson. .David S. Files brought suit against Morris & Morris upon a written contract for the delivery of certain lumber alleged to be worth 0624.86. Plaintiff also sued out an attachment, which was, on the twenty-first of December, 1867,.levied on 20,000 feet of lumber, and upon the steam mill, fixtures, etc., the property of A. E. Morris, one of the defendants. The defendants pleaded in offset certain claims, and in recónvention damages for the wrongful and malicious suing out of the attachment, and for excessive levy of same. At…
1Opinion
On Rehearing.
J. R. Peel & W. S. Billups, for plaintiffs in error, cited Bouv. L. D., Bill of Exc.; 1 Texas, 102, 414; 5 Texas, 290; Sayles’ Prac., 346; 16 Texas, 133, Baker v. Johnson; 16 Texas, 243, Boatright v. Linam; 11 Texas, 149, Robinson v. Martel; 6 Texas, 406; 13 Texas, 368; 14 Texas, 662; 15 Texas, 437; 17 Texas, 625; 22 Texas, 114; 28 Texas, 112; 17 Texas, 47; 16 Texas, 13; 14 Texas, 583; 11 Texas, 557; 10 Texas, 33; 4 Texas, 488; 2 Wend., 145; 13 Johns., 301; 2 Texas, 405; 1 Texas, 529; 16 Johns., 343.
Baker & Maxcy and N. Hart Davis, for defendant in error, cited 16 Texas, 93,…
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