Carroll v. Embry
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from 'District Court, Ellis County; E. L. Hawkins, Judge. Action by Mrs. Etta Carroll, as next friend of Bethel Welborn, against Will Embry for false imprisonment and for conversion. A plea to abate was sustained, suit dismissed, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtTalbot, J.
The appellant, Mrs. Etta Carroll, brought this suit as next friend for Bethel Welborn, her minor son, to recover of the defendant in error damages for the alleged false imprisonment of said minor and conversion of one automobile belonging to him. The facts alleged and shown by the statement of facts, so far as is necessary to relate in this opinion, are that Mrs. Carroll was a married woman living with her husband, Jess Carroll; that she was the mother of Bethel Welborn, a minor son by a former marriage; that on account of the conversion of his automobile and the wrongful and malicious action…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cook v. BybeeTexas Supreme Court · 1859
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