Dazey v. J.H.W. and Pennington

TARLTON, Chief Justice.

On June 21, 1892, the appellant, Dazey, as the landlord of appellees, filed in the Justice Court his affidavit and his bond for a distress warrant, and secured the issuance of a writ in accordance therewith. The process was returned by the justice to the County Court of Tarrant County.

On September 3,1892, the plaintiff, Dazey, filed in the County Court his original petition in the cause, in which he asserted a claim for $1035 for rents due, and prayed judgment accordingly. The writ was levied by the officer upon certain property exceeding in value the sum of $1000.…