Parker v. Allen

PLEASANTS, Associate Justice.

Appellant brought this suit against S. E. Allen, I. W. Walker, John S. Eadford and the Oriental Textile-Mills to recover $1841.55 actual damages, same being the alleged value of plaintiff’s interest in the bus'ness conducted by the Oriental Textile Mills and of which he alleges he has been deprived by the wrongful and fraudulent acts of the defendants, and to recover punitory damages in the sum of $25,000.

For cause of action the petition alleges, in substance, the following facts: On or about April 1, 189G. plaintiff and the defendant Walker entered into a…