Fred Mercer Dry Goods Co. v. Fikes
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Rockwall County; Joel R. Bond, Judge. Suit by B. L. Pikes against the Fred Mercer Dry Goods Company and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRasbury, J.
Appellee sued the Fred Mercer Dry Goods Company and Fred Mercer for actual and exemplary damages alleged to be the result of the wrongful and malicious issuance and levy, without probable cause, of a writ of sequestration upon certain personal property of the appellee exempt from' forced sale and seizure, and for which he; sought actual damages in the sum of $340 and exemplary damages in the sum of $1,000. Appellants, after exceptions and the general demurrer, pleaded that appellee had falsely alleged the amount of his damages for the purpose of fraudulently conferring jurisdiction upon the…
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