Lewis v. Fowler

McClendon, chief justice.

Lewis sued Fowler for an alleged balance of $513, principal, plus $76.95, attorney’s fees, due upon a promissory note, and to foreclose a chattel mortgage upon an automobile; at the same time sequestrating the automobile. Fowler sought to cancel the note on the groufid of fraud and in reconvention to recover actual damages aggregating $440 and $500 exemplary damages resulting from the sequestration. The judgment was for Fowler upon a special issue verdict, cancelling the note and awarding him damages in the sum of $283.25; which sum was later reduced by remittitur to…