Gohlman v. Griffith

Gohlman, Lester & Co., plaintiffs in error, were plaintiffs and John Griffith, defendant in error, was defendant in the trial court, and they will be so designated here.

Plaintiffs sued defendant in the district court of Harris county and alleged that they resided in Harris' county, and that the defendant resided in Wilson county.

They further alleged that they were, on September 4, 1913, and had been ever since said date, engaged at Houston, Tex., as cotton commission merchants, receiving, handling, caring for, and selling cotton for a commission, and in the course of said business had been…