Big Three Welding Equipment Company v. Reeh

BARROW, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of Gillespie County, overruling the pleas of privilege of the defendant Big Three Welding Equipment Com pany, in consolidated Causes Nos. 1383 and 1384, styled Alonzo Reeh v. Fredericksburg Machine Shop et al., and Floy Bode v. Fred-ericksburg Machine Shop et al., respectively. The suits grew out of a fire which occurred on the morning of January 20, 1956, in a garage building in the town of Harper, 'Gillespie County, Texas. The plaintiffs •controverted the pleas, relying upon Subdivisions 4, 9a and 29a of Art. 1995,…