Hillman v. Edwards

RAINEY, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff in error brought this suit against T. S. Edwards, sheriff of Bowie County, and his official bonds-men; Charles Gallagher, his deputy, and Thomas and John Goggan, to recover damages for an alleged trespass and forcible entry into plaintiff’s private dwelling and the unlawful seizure and conversion of a piano. Actual damages was sought against all, and exemplary damages against all except the bondsmen of the sheriff.

Upon a trial before a jury under peremptory instruction of the court a verdict was rendered for the defendants and judgment entered accordingly, from…