Rankin v. Bell

MARR, Judge,

Section A.—This is a suit which was filed in Maverick County District Court on the 27th day of May, 1889, by Beatrice Bell as plaintiff, a minor suing by her next friend, W. A. Bonnett, and against John T. Rankin, United States Marshal for the Western District of Texas; C. A. Windus, his deputy; A. T. Bradshaw, John W. White, and Walter W. Little, the sureties on Rankin’s official bond; and the New York and Texas Land Company, Limited, a corporation doing business in the State.

The plaintiff’s cause of action as alleged, stating it here briefly, was, that the defendants had, by and…