Ross v. Williams

HENRY, Associate Justice.—

This cause was begun in a Justice Court. The appellant sued out a distress warrant against one Mitchell, which was levied upon some corn and cotton. The appellee claimed the property, and made affidavit and gave bond for the trial of the right of property. The property was valued by the officer who seized it at $195.

Judgment was rendered in the Justice Court “that defendant J. M. Williams recover of the plaintiff the property in controversy, that is, 1070 pounds of lint cotton and 100 bushels of corn, and all costs of suit.”

The record shows that the costs amounted to…