Sheppard v. Gill

* Writ of error granted. In this case W. H. Sheppard, appellant, complains of the trial court's action in sustaining some seventeen special exceptions to appellant's petition, and the dismissing of his cause of action, upon his refusal to amend.

The facts set out in plaintiffs trial pleadings are substantially as follows:

That T. C. (Tom) Gill is sheriff of Hidalgo county, Tex. That Mack Galbraith and J. A. Adams were his deputies. That the Standard Accident Insurance Company of Detroit, Mich., was surety on T. C. Gill's official bond. That R. D. Combs is justice of the peace, precinct No. 6,…