Browne v. Johnson
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Cameron. The case was tried before Hon. Thomas J. Devine, one of the district judges. In this case Johnson, the plaintiff' below, sued the defendant, .Browne, as sheriff of Cameron county, for the value of a certain slave named “Arnold,” which he alleges was his property, and was by him delivered to said Browne, sheriff’ and ex officio keeper of the county jail, for safe-keeping in strict custody in said jail, and for which he agreed to pay the legal fees; that…
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Error from Cameron. The case was tried before Hon. Thomas J. Devine, one of the district judges. In this case Johnson, the plaintiff' below, sued the defendant, .Browne, as sheriff of Cameron county, for the value of a certain slave named “Arnold,” which he alleges was his property, and was by him delivered to said Browne, sheriff’ and ex officio keeper of the county jail, for safe-keeping in strict custody in said jail, and for which he agreed to pay the legal fees; that said Browne undertook to keep said slave accordingly, but failed to use proper diligence, and permitted said slave to…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Johnson instituted this suit November 2, 1858, to recover the value of the negro, Arnold, alleged to have been placed in the custody and care of Browne, the appellant, sheriff of Cameron county, on the 20th August, 1858, for safe-keeping, until demanded, for such reasonable compensation as was fixed by law; and avers, that the negro escaped from his custody through the negligence and improper conduct of himself and servants, by reason of which the negro is a loss to him.
This suit, is not brought upon the official bond of the sheriff, but against him alone, styling him sheriff of Cameron…
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