Legal Opinion

Hurst v. Cobb

District Court, N.D. Texas

Decided April 5, 1894No. Nos. 1,808, 1,809PublishedCited by 11 opinions

This is an action at law, brought in a court of Texas by J. D. Hurst against Cobb & Avery, to recover damages for wrongfully causing a United States marshal to levy an execution of plaintiff’s chattels.

1Opinion of the Court

RECTOR, District Judge.

In this case the plainliff surd the defendant in the district court of Hunt county, Tex., for $4,977, the alleged value of 170 head of cattle belonging to plaintiff, upon which defendants caused an execution, in the hands of P. B. Hunt, United States marshal for the northern district of Texas, to be levied, and said cattle sold under said execution. That said execution issued out of cause No. 1,036, wherein W. W. Avery, as plaintiff, recovered a judgment in the United States circuit court in and for the northern district of Texas, against J. It. Cooke, O. P. Hail,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Carson v. DunhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  2. Bock v. PerkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  3. Houser v. ClaytonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Texas · 1878
  4. Ellis v. NortonUnited States Circuit Court · 1883
  5. Howard v. StewartNebraska Supreme Court · 1892

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Gallo v. GalloNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1961
  2. Allen v. ClarkDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1938
  3. Voors v. National Women's Health Organization, Inc.District Court, N.D. Indiana · 1985
  4. Ludwig v. KirbyNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1951
  5. Nationwide Charters & Conventions, Inc. v. GarberDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1966

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