Heard v. Coggins

A. L. Coggins brought suit against Linton Heard and John J. Bruton, alleging that the defendants were in possession of two certain described mules belonging to the plaintiff, valued at $500, and that they refused to deliver the same. He sued also for the hire of said mules at the rate of $2.00 per day. Upon the trial of the case the plaintiff introduced evidence to show, that he had sold the mules to Seymour Heard for $500;.that Heard had never paid him anything on them, and had only given his promissory notes; that later, when Heard failed financially and his estate was about to be…