Pate v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted under article 794, Penal Code, for unlawfully breaking and pulling down and injuring the fence of Mrs. M. L. Dimmitt—said fence at the time being under the management and control of William Wood. The fine imposed was $10.

The facts in this case show substantially that Mrs. Dimmitt was in possession of a track of land used as a" pasture; that she rented it to-William Wood, and under such lease contract he was occupying it at the time of the alleged injury to the fence. A short while prior to-the time appellant cut the fence, tenant Wood had had cattle in…