Litterst v. Edmonds

MONTEITH, Chief Justice.

•This action was brought in County Court at Law No. 2 of Harris County by appellee, J..H. Edmonds, for the recovery from appellant, F. C. Litterst, of $400, the amount' alleged to be due on a promissory note, and for a foreclosure of a chattel mortgage lien on a Hudson automobile. Plaintiff’s petition contained no allegation of the value of the automobile. However, plaintiff filed an affidavit to procure a writ of sequestration in which the value of said automobile was placed at $400.

Appellant answered by general denial and by cross-action in which he sought recovery…