Goodale v. Douglas

LIGHTFOOT, Chief Justice.

There is no statement of facts in the record, and no brief filed by defendants in error.

This suit was brought August 22, 1887, by plaintiff in error, against E. G. Douglas and the sureties on his official bond as sheriff of Grayson County, and also against defendants in error A. B. Bales and S. S. Fears, for damages; charging that said Bales was a deputy of said sheriff, and as such did, on December 30, 1885, in company with said Fears, wrongfully and maliciously eject plaintiff from his homestead in Grayson County, whereby he was damaged $10,000.

On the trial,…