Gifford Motor Co. v. Phillips

Pearl Phillips, appellee, filed suit in the county court of Wharton county, Tex., for conversion of a Ford automobile of the alleged value of $300; the appellant, Gifford Motor Company, filed an answer, composed of a general demurrer and general denial, and thereafter, to wit, on the 24th day of September, 1931, at the September term of court, judgment by default, reciting that it was upon a liquidated demand evidenced by an instrument in writing, was entered, without the introduction of any evidence in support thereof, either written or oral.

On, the 3d day of October, 1931, at that same term…