Hardigree v. Sweetwater Cotton Oil Co.

FUNDERBURK, Justice.

In this suit brought in Mitchell county by J. J. Hardigree against Sweetwater Cotton Oil Company to recover damages resulting from an injury received in a ■collision between a truck driven by Has-kell Scott, an alleged servant or employee of the defendant, and an automobile driven by plaintiff, the defendant, a resident of Nolan county, filed a plea of privilege. In a controverting plea, plaintiff sought to maintain venue in Mitchell county on two grounds, viz.: (1) That the suit was one based upon a trespass committed in Mitchell county, and (2) that the defendant was a…