Sands v. Sedwick
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Shackelford County; W. J. Oxford, Judge. Action by John F. Sedwick against Frank Sands. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
This suit was brought by ap-pellee against appellant for damages alleged to have been caused by appellant’s placing poison in the pasture of appellee for the purpose of poisoning appellee’s stock, whereby nine head of mules and three head of horses belonging to appellee died. Appellee claimed $975 actual damages and $1,000 exemplary damages. The suit was tried at the April term, 1914, of the district court and resulted in a judgment for the appellee for $975 actual damages and $25 exemplary damages.
In the course of the trial appellant, through his counsel, admitted that the animals were…
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