Lester v. Hawkins
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Deaf Smith County; M. J. R. Jackson, Special Judge. Action by H. IT. Hawkins against L. T. Lester and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHendricks, J.
[1] The appellee, Hawkins, sued the First National Bank of Canyon, Tex., and L. T. Lester, who is the president of said bank, to recover actual and exemplary damages, alleging the illegal issuance and levy of a writ of sequestration on certain sheep, and also alleging negligence on ■the part of the officer while the sheep were in his custody, asserting that the appellants directed the officer to handle the sheep in the negligent manner alleged. At the threshold of the case the appellants assign a preliminary question of partnership going to the foundation of the action, asserting that Lester,…
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