Patten v. Cox

FINLEY, Associate Justice.

— This was an action in the District Court of Hill County by George M. Patten, executor of Martha A. Patten, deceased, against John P. Cox, sheriff of Hill County, and his official bondsmen, John D. Warren, Henry M. Long, and D. M. Mathews, for $4000 damages for the conversion of property by John P. Cox, sheriff, belonging to the estate of Martha A. Patten, deceased. Plaintiff alleges that he was in possession of said property as executor, and that it belonged to the estate of his testatrix in his hands, in due course of administration, and that said Cox, as sheriff,…