H. Rouw Co. v. Thompson

NORVELL, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order sustaining appellee’s plea of privilege to be sued in Harris County. The H. Rouw Company contends that it was entitled to maintain the suit in Hidalgo County, because (a) appellee, Guy A. Thompson, Trustee for San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad Company, was doing business in Hidalgo County, and (b) said appellee, or a connecting carrier, had an agent or representative in Hidalgo County. Nation v. San Antonio Southern Ry. Co., 115 Tex. 431, 283 S.W. 157; Alexander Marketing Co. v. Ft. Worth & Denver City Ry. Co., Tex.Civ.App., 266 S.W.2d 400.…