Smith v. Wilson

Plaintiff in error, J.E. Smith, brought suit in the District Court of Houston County against the defendant in error, H. Wilson, for an injunction and for damages. Plaintiff alleged that he was the duly elected and qualified public weigher of Houston County, having his office at Crockett, and was the only public weigher for said county; that the city of Crockett received less than 25,000 bales of cotton annually for sale and shipment; that defendant had established an office near the railroad depot at Crockett with platform and fixtures for weighing cotton, and that since plaintiff's…