Legal Opinion

Hale v. Bickett

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 27, 1904PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Milam. Tried below before Hon. E. B. Pool. Hale, the sheriff, and his sureties appeal from a judgment in favor of Bickett.

1Opinion of the Court

KEY, Associate Justice.

This case originated in the justice court, but was finally tried in the county court. It is a proceeding instituted under article 8387 of the Eevised Statutes, and is a motion against the sheriff for a failure to return executions issued by a justice of the peace upon a judgment in favor of J. H. Bickett and against Will Carson. From a judgment in favor of Bickett, the sheriff and his sureties have appealed.

The trial court found as a fact that an alias execution was issued on the judgment and placed in the hands of Sheriff Hale and never returned by him, and that the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Griswold v. ChandlerTexas Supreme Court · 1859

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. National Compress Co. v. HamlinTexas Supreme Court · 1925
  2. B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co. v. Valley Plumbing & Supply Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1924
  3. Dallas County Constable Precinct No. 5 v. Garden City Boxing Club, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2007
  4. Hackler v. H. Kohnstamm & Co. of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1950
  5. Richardson v. Johnson-Layne Coffee Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1923

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