Cotton v. Cooper

This is the suit of Will Cooper against Almon Cotton and G. E. Cotton to recover actual damages in the sum of $700, alleged to have been suffered by ap-pellee by reason of the wrongful, fraudulent, and malicious conduct of the Cottons and their agents, and for $5,000 punitive damages. Appellee alleged:' That the defendants, falsely claimed that he was indebted to them in the sum of $35, filed with the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company, his employer, copies of two written instruments; purporting to be assignments made by the plaintiff of portions of his salary or wages to Almon Cotton.…