West Texas Utilities Co. v. Farmers' State Bank in Merkel

LESLIE, Justice.

On November 1, 1933, the West Texas Utilities Company obtained a judgment against Sam Swann, and thereafter on November 22d it had an execution issued on the judgment, and caused the sheriff of Taylor county to levy the same on fifty-eight bales of cotton as the property of said Swann. The sheriff immediately advertised the cotton for sale. December 12, 1933, the petition for injunction in the instant case was presented to the district judge in chambers by the Farmers’ State Bank in Merkel, the plaintiff in this cause. The bank’s suit may be interpreted to assert title and…