First State Bank of Hamlin v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Jones County. Action by Jones & Nixon against the First National Bank of Hamlin and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtConner, C. J.
Appellees, as partners, instituted this suit on the 14th of March, 1908, against appellant First State Bank of Hamlin, a private corporation, and against W. I-I. Hollis, as sheriff of Jones county, and against B. S. Davidson, Ed Kennedy, and C. H. Steele, sureties upon the officer’s bond, to recover damages for the alleged wrongful seizure and conversion of 1,042 cords of wood, alleged to belong to the plaintiffs and to have been wrongfully converted to the use of the defendants, under a writ of attachment, issued at the suit of the First State Bank of Hamlin, against the said F. L. Nixon.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hogan v. KellumTexas Supreme Court · 1855
- W. D. Smith & Co. v. WhitfieldTexas Supreme Court · 1886
- Gassett v. SargeantSupreme Court of Vermont · 1854