Rodriguez v. Sullivan

OPINION

PRESLAR, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court denying a temporary injunction against the Sheriff of El Paso County, Texas, to prevent him from executing a writ of possession issued by a Justice of the Peace in a Forcible Entry and Detain-er Case. We are of the opinion that the injunction should have issued, and therefore reverse the order of the trial Court.

In the Justice Court, the plaintiff, Juan Sandoval, sought the writ of possession on pleadings that he had sold the property to the defendant, Ricardo Rodriguez, under a purchase-sale contract in 1961, for a…