First National Bank of Colorado v. Brown
Texas Supreme Court
This was an action by appellee in the District Court of Martin County, against Karr, the sheriff of said county, the First National Bank of Colorado, its president Scott, and its agent Smoot, for damages for the unlawful seizure and conversion of 350 head of cattle in Yoakum County, of which cattle plaintiff alleged “ he was the legal and equitable owner,” and of which he was in the actual and exclusive possession.
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This was an action by appellee in the District Court of Martin County, against Karr, the sheriff of said county, the First National Bank of Colorado, its president Scott, and its agent Smoot, for damages for the unlawful seizure and conversion of 350 head of cattle in Yoakum County, of which cattle plaintiff alleged “ he was the legal and equitable owner,” and of which he was in the actual and exclusive possession. In another count plaintiff alleges that the cattle had been seized under an attachment directed to the sheriff of Martin County in an action by the said First National Bank against…
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Judge,
Section. B. —This is an action by appellee against the appellants, the First National Bank of Colorado, Winfield Scott, H. B. Smoot, and S. M. Karr, for $6000 as damages, the value of 350 head of cattle, alleged to be the property of appellee, and that were taken and converted by appellants and the defendant Karr.
The defendants answered by general demurrer and general denial. Judgment was rendered in the court below in favor of appellee against all of the defendants except Karr for $3500, the value of 350 head of cattle at $10 per head.
The first assignment of error complains…
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