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…
1Opinion of the CourtBevy, J.
(after stating the facts as above). [1] The appellant contends, under proper assignments of error, that the court erred (1) in crediting the debt adjudged due the defendant by the plaintiff on the note with the amount of damages awarded the plaintiff against the defendant for conversion of exempt property, and (2) in foreclosing the chattel mortgage lien on the property stated in the judgment. The entire property in controversy in the suit is property exempt from forced sale to a family. Some of this property was under the terms of the mortgage as “household furniture,” and the rest of the…
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