Neal v. Smith

Lucy Neal brought trover and bail against J. N. Smith for a certain bale of cotton and thirty bushels of cottonseed. The case was tried before the judge of the city court without a jury, who rendered judgment in favor of the defendant. Plaintiff moved for a new trial on the general grounds, which being refused, she excepted. It appeared on the trial that Gus Neal, the husband of Lucy Neal, died January 15, 1903, owning the property in question. ' He owed his father, Eloyd Neal, one fourth of this cotton and seed, for rent of the land upon which they were grown. He also owed Green & Smith a…