Mason v. Green
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Lamar County ; A. P. Dohoney, Judge. Suit by Jim Mason against E. P. Green, in which defendant filed a cross-bill. Judgment for defendant on his cross-bill, and plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from District Court, Lamar County ; A. P. Dohoney, Judge. Suit by Jim Mason against E. P. Green, in which defendant filed a cross-bill. Judgment for defendant on his cross-bill, and plaintiff appeals. The appellant sued the appellee for damages for the alleged conversion of certain personal property consisting of 3 beds, 2 springs, 1 chiffonier, sewing machine, cookstove, rocking-chair, trunk, kitchen safe, 4 chairs, 2 tables, wash pots, tubs and hoard, 20 quilts, 3 mattresses, 10 sheets, feather bed, pillows, flat irons, 75 jars of fruit, piano, kitchen cabinet, wearing apparel, and 5…
1DissentHodges, J.
Section 11 of the
‘Acts of 1915, p. 48 (Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St. Supp. 1918, art. 6171j), which is referred to as the “loan brokers statute,” is as follows:
“Each assignment, mortgage, power of attorney to collect or other transfer of the salary or wages of a married man, and each bill of sale or chattel mortgage upon the household and kitchen furniture of a married man shall be void unless the same be made and given with the consent of the wife, and such consem, shall be evidenced by the wife joining in the assignment, mortgage, power of attorney to collect'or other transfer of salary or wages,…
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