Norwood v. Inter-State National Bank
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Bowie County. The suit was brought by the bank, upon notes against Norwood, who-reconvened for damages sustained in a previous sequestration suit. Both parties assigned error on Norwood’s appeal, and both obtained writ of error when the judgment was reformed and affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
The Inter-State National Bank of Texarkana sued P. T. Norwood in the District Court of Bowie County to recover certain lumber, and, at the same time, sued out a writ of sequestration, causing the lumber to be seized by the sheriff. Norwood did not replevy the lumber, but the bank gave a replevy bond according to law and took it into its custody and has never returned it to Norwood. At the trial of that case the court entered judgment that the bank take nothing by its suit, but did not assess the value of the lumber. Norwood executed and delivered to the Inter-State…
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