Cumberland v. Arnst

MURRAY, Justice.

This suit was instituted by Gottlieb Arnst, Sr., in the Justice’s Court, precinct No. 1, of Kleberg County, seeking to recover judgment in the sum of $185.55 against Santos Medrano for pasturage alleged to be due, and to foreclose a statutory lien upon certain livestock, among which were five Jersey cows. Mrs. W. K. Cumberland intervened in the suit, alleging that she was the holder of a superior lien evidenced by a .chattel mortgage on said five head of Jersey cows.

The case was tried in the Justice’s Court, then appealed to the County Court of Kle-berg County and again tried…