Ingraham v. Rich
Ingraham v. Rich
Opinion of the Court
George P. Ingraham instituted this suit in the county court to recover certain personal property, constituting the furniture and fixtures of a restaurant, alleged to he of the value of $300. The petition alleged ownership in plaintiff, who had purchased the property from one Bruton. It was alleged that E. A. Blount had procured a judgment in the justice court against Sanders & James, and the individual members of the firm of that name, and W. U. Perkins, for $87.50 besides costs, and foreclosure of the landlord’s lien on the property in question; that neither plaintiff nor his vendor were parties to said suit; that an order of sale had been issued on said judgment and placed in the hands of defendant H. C. Rich, sheriff, who was about to sell said property to satisfy said' judgment. Plaintiff sought a temporary injunction to restrain the sale until the trial of the issue on the ground, as alleged, “that, if the property was sold in bulk, it will not bring its market value, as there would be few bidders and plaintiff would lose his title, and that, if it was sold in parcels, plaintiff would have to bring a multiplicity of suits or lose his title, and that this would work irreparable injury to him, and great expense.” The county judge granted what is termed a “temporary injunction,” but which was in effect a temporary restraining order until a hearing of the application for a temporary injunction, which was set down for hearing. Defendants Rich and Blount were cited and answered, and on the day set for the hearing in chambers, after hearing the evidence, the county judge entered an order in terms dissolving the temporary writ, from which order plaintiff appeals.
The facts, as presented on the hearing, which are practically undisputed, are as follows:
On October 29, 1909, one Frank Lewis by written contract rented to Sanders & James, a firm composed of P. M. Sanders and H. M. James, a certain building in Nacogdoches for the term of one year beginning on September 1, 1909, and ending on August 31, 1910, for a monthly rental of $35. For value received Lewis assigned this contract to D. K. Cason on October 29, 1909, and for value, on December 1, 1909, Cason assigned it to appellee E. A. Blount, who became thereby the owner of the rent thereafter accruing. On March 15, 1910, H. M. James executed to W. U. Perkins his note for $250, and to secure the same executed a mortgage on his interest in the said restaurant outfit. On May 10, 1910, O. G. Bruton bought out the interests of both partners in the property, paying no cash, but executing his note to W. U. Perkins for $250 and to Sanders for $400, executing separate mortgages on the property to secure the two notes. The note to Perkins seems to have been an adjustment of James’ note and mortgage to Perkins. Under this purchase, Bruton went into possession of the restaurant business and the property in question, and occupied it about two months, when he abandoned it and left Nacogdoches. He has never paid any part of the purchase price. Sanders resumed possession of the property and run the business after Bruton left until August 8, 1910, when the property was removed from the rented premises. The property remained in the rented building from the date of the rent contract until it was removed as aforesaid. On December 15, 1910, for a recited consideration of $5, Bruton sold the property to appellant, subject to the two mortgages aforesaid. Blount instituted suit in the justice court for $87.50, rent due on the rent contract, and to foreclose his landlord’s lien on the property, making Sanders and James, the individual members of the firm, and W. U. Perkins, defendants. Upon trial Blount had judgment against Sanders & James for $87.50 besides interest and costs, with foreclosure as prayed for against all defendants. From this judgment Perkins appealed to the county court, and on the trial in the county court the same judgment was rendered December 9, 1910. The judgment provided that the property be sold to satisfy the debt, and that for any deficiency execution issue against defendant P. M. Sanders. Order of sale issued on this property and was placed in the hands'of Rich, Sheriff, who was about to advertise and sell the property, when stopped by the injunction or restraining order. The property is of the reasonable market value of $300.
Affirmed.
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