Wallis, Landes & Co. v. Schneider & Davis
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Johnson. Tried below before Hon. J. M. Hall. This is an appeal from a judgment for $742 and costs, rendered in favor of Schneider & Davis against Wallis, Landes & Co. The cause of action was for damages for the conversion of a stock of goods the property of plaintiffs, and by them bought of one J.'P. Wilkerson.
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Appeal from Johnson. Tried below before Hon. J. M. Hall. This is an appeal from a judgment for $742 and costs, rendered in favor of Schneider & Davis against Wallis, Landes & Co. The cause of action was for damages for the conversion of a stock of goods the property of plaintiffs, and by them bought of one J.'P. Wilkerson. The defense was denial; that the goods were levied on and sold as the property of Wilkerson, who was the owner, etc.; and that the sale under which plaintiffs held was without consideration, in fraud of Wilkerson’s creditors, and in pursuance of a conspiracy to defraud them…
1Opinion of the Court
HOBBY, Presiding Judge.
The appellees, Schneider & Davis, brought this suit against the appellants, Wallis, Landes & Co., and the sheriff of Johnson County to recover damages for the wrongful .and forcible seizure of a stock of merchandise belonging to them, and which appellants converted to their own use, etc. The value of the merchandise so seized is alleged to be $535.34.
The answer contained a general denial and a special plea alleging that the goods were levied on and taken possession of by the defendants under two writs of attachments issued in their favor on the 12th day of January,…
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