Stripling v. Mooney
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Nacogdoches County Court; J. F. Perritte, Judge. Suit by E. E. Mooney against J. B. Stripling in the justice court. Upon appeal to the county court, a judgment was rendered for plaintiff and against defendant and the sureties on his replevin bond, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
This is a suit brought in the justice’s court by appellee against appellant for an automobile or its value, alleged to be $195. In the county court, on appeal, there was a jury trial, resulting in a judgment for the plaintiff for the car sued for, and against the defendant and the sureties on his replevy bond for the sum of $195. The defendant, in the justice’s court, in due time filed a proper plea to the jurisdiction of that court on the ground that the value of the car exceeded $200, and that its value had been fraudulently alleged to have been $195 by plaintiff for the purpose of…
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