Guaranty Bond State Bank of Timpson v. Redding

Appellees, W. E. Redding and his wife, Mrs. N. J. Redding, brought this suit against the Guaranty Bond State Bank of Timpson, Tex., B. F. Giles, constable of precinct No. 7 of Shelby county, Texas, and E. J. McLeroy and S. C. Choate, sureties on Giles’ official bond, for conversion of seven bales of cotton, alleged to be worth $724.47. They also sued for exemplary damages in the sum of $1,000. They alleged that they were the owners of a certain fanm and that they rented some 50 acres of said farm to one Rich Mosby for the year 1928 for the agreed rental of one-third of the grain and…