Neil v. Shackelford
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. A. P. McCormick. Dennis Beil sued John Shackelford, 29th March, 1861, for an account of and for one half of profits received by Shackelford for storing railroad iron on certain city lote in Galveston. The defendant answered, May 31, 1861, a general demurrer and general denial.
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Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. A. P. McCormick. Dennis Beil sued John Shackelford, 29th March, 1861, for an account of and for one half of profits received by Shackelford for storing railroad iron on certain city lote in Galveston. The defendant answered, May 31, 1861, a general demurrer and general denial. June 8, 1867, Shackelford amended his answer, pleading á release, as follows: “ State oe Texas, | County of Galveston. 5 “Know all men by these presente that I, Dennis Neil, half owner of lote two, three, and four in block 626, on Strand street, in the city of…
1Opinion of the Court
Reeves, Associate Justice.
-It appears from the pleadings and evidence that Dennis Neil and John Shackelford were joint owners of lots Nos. 2, 3, and 4 in block No. 626 in the city of Galveston. Shackelford used a portion of the lots as a bonded yard, for the reception and storage of such unclaimed and bonded goods as were committed to him for safe-keeping by the collector of customs at the port of Galveston. In the years 1855 and 1856 a large quantity of railroad iron for the Galveston, Houston, and Henderson railroad was stored in the yard by the collector of customs as unclaimed property.
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