Parsons v. Crawford
Parsons v. Crawford
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
§ 669. Appeal bond from justice’s court; sufficient description of judgment in. Crawford sued Parsons and Grimmett in justice’s court.of precinct No. 7, of Dallas county, before M. Myers, justice of the peace, “upon, an account for $150 for trespass to private property, to wit, the unlawful driving the plaintiff’s mule from its range, keeping it in a pen, and compelling it to jump a fence and break its leg, from the effects of which it died.”' Crawford recovered judgment, and Parsons and Grimmett appealed to the county court, where their appeal was dismissed upon the ground that the description of the judgment in their appeal bond was insufficient and incorrect. The appeal bond described the judgment as follows: “On the 2-i-th day of November, 1883, in justice’s court of said county, precinct No. 7, M. Myers, J. P., presiding, R. 0. Crawford, plaintiff, recovered judgment against G. W. Parsons and James Grimmett, defendants, upon an account for $150 for trespass to private property, to wit, the unlawful driving the plaintiff’s mule from its range, keeping it in a pen, and compelling
Eeversed and remanded.
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