Case ID: white-w_1/html/0583-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Walker, R. S., P. J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

John A. Webb et al. v. S. W. Harris.
    (No. 634, Op. Book No. 2, p. 264.)
    Appeal from Caldwell County.
    March 16, 1881.
   Opinion by

Walker, R. S., P. J.

§ 1035. Damages; attorneys’ fees not allowable as, ■when. In a suit for damages for the wrongful seizure and conversion of property, attorneys’ fees for prosecuting the suit for damages are not recoverable as a part of plaintiff’s damages. [Landa v. Obert, 45 Tex. 539; R. R. Co. v. Oram, 49 Tex. 341; Wallace v. Finberg, 46 Tex. 35.] Other questions discussed in this case had relation to matters of pleading and evidence, and beyond this particular case are not considered of any practical importance.

Reversed and remanded.