McKee v. Coffin
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from from Grayson. Tried below before the Hon. R. Maltbie. Appellee, A. H. Coffin, as assignee, brought suit in the district court of Grayson county, on February 7, 1883, to recover of J. A. McKee, United States marshal, the value of certain wagons, buggies, etc., alleged to have been unlawfully appropriated by McKee.
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Appeal from from Grayson. Tried below before the Hon. R. Maltbie. Appellee, A. H. Coffin, as assignee, brought suit in the district court of Grayson county, on February 7, 1883, to recover of J. A. McKee, United States marshal, the value of certain wagons, buggies, etc., alleged to have been unlawfully appropriated by McKee. Plaintiff claimed the goods as the assignee óf Kniffin Bros, under a deed of assignment made December 6, 1882. Among other things, defendant filed his petition and bond for removal to the circuit court of the United States. This motion' was overruled May 7, 1883.…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.
This action was brought by the appellee to recover the value of certain property alleged to have been illegally taken from his possession and converted by the defendant, McKee. The appellee asserts title through an assignment made by S.W. and W. G. Kniffin, for the benefit of their creditors, under the statutes regulating assignments for that purpose, approved March 24, 1879.
The defendant, McKee, admitted the seizure, and attempted to-justify under the fact that he made the seizure as marshal for the-United States for the northern district of Texas, under an…
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