Modesett v. Emmons

In 1921 H. T. Modesett was the owner of a tract of land in San Jacinto county, Tex., upon which Ike Emmons and his wife were trespassers. They were oc-. cupying a small house on the tract. Mode-sett filed suit against Emmons to recover title and possession of the land, and sued out a writ of sequestration, which was placed in the hands of Turner Ross, sheriff of said county. On December 23, 1921, the sheriff notified Emmons of the issuance of the writ, and on December 31, 1921, placed the writ in the hands of his deputy, Ruge Elmore, with instruction to execute it. Elmore, accompanied by two…