Charles Scheuber & Co. v. Simmons

TARLTON, Chief Justice.

This is a garnishment proceeding, instituted on October 6, 1890, in the County Court of Wise County, by the appellants, Charles Scheuber & Co., as plaintiffs in garnishment, against the appellee, W. T. Simmons, defendant in garnishment. The trial, had before a jury, resulted on January 16, 1891, in a verdict and judgment discharging the garnishee.

The appellants were among the creditors of one Harry May, a liquor-dealer at Decatur, Texas. At the date of the trial their claim had been reduced to a judgment in the sum of $351.34.

On Monday, September 22, 1890, Harry May,…