Smith v. Morgan

KEY, Associate Justice.

Appellant brought this suit in the District Court of Bell County, alleging, in substance, that the defendant B. Y. Morgan had obtained a judgment against him in the County Court of Bell County for $481.10, which judgment the defendants W. T. Shannon and Brown F. Lee were claiming to own under an assignment from B. Y. Morgan. The plaintiff alleged that he was the owner of three judgments against B. Y. Morgan, aggregating something over $800; that Morgan was insolvent and could 'not be compelled to pay said judgments. Wherefore the plaintiff prayed for a decree offsetting…