Schultz v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.

ROGERS, Justice.

The plaintiff, Joe Schultz, brought this suit against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company, seeking to recover $13,132.25, the'alleged value of scrap materials belonging to him which he claimed had been converted by defendant to its own use. In his petition, plaintiff alleged that he had leased from the Texas & Pacific Railway Company a small tract of land in the City of Shreveport to be used by him “for storing scrap iron, supplies and machinery,” his business being the buying and selling of that class of property; that on July 19, 1937, plaintiff was the owner of and in…