CITY OF EL PASO v. NICHOLSON

No. 5547.

361 S.W.2d 415 (1962)

CITY OF EL PASO, Texas, Appellant, v. Bill NICHOLSON, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied October 31, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Travis White, City Atty., Robert J. Galvan, John C. Ross, Jr., Asst. City Attys., El Paso, for appellant.

Holvey Williams, Daniel Garbern, El Paso, for appellee.


FRASER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment recovered by appellee (plaintiff) against the City of El Paso for a sum of money which had been held by appellant (defendant). The money was taken from one Bob Huff by police officers during the process of a gambling raid, but plaintiff maintains that the money was actually his. The basis of this controversy or lawsuit seems to depend on the terms and interpretation of...

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