GARDNER v. JONES

No. 17045.

570 S.W.2d 198 (1978)

Don GARDNER, Appellant, v. Horace JONES, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

August 3, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Barr, Houston, for appellant.

Thurlow & Hennessy, Thomas N. Thurlow, Houston, for appellee.


EVANS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered after the defendant had answered but had failed to appear at trial.

The appellee, Horace Jones, alleged the conversion by Gardner of a produce stand and other personal property. Jones claimed damages of $2,000.00 for the loss of the stand, $10,000.00 for loss of his business, and $25,000.00 as punitive damages.

Gardner, acting pro se, timely filed an answer alleging that he had sold the produce...

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