Texas Farm Products Co. v. Smith

Chief Justice Walker, in rendering the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals at Beaumont, stated the nature of this cause as follows:

“In the lower court Texas Farm Products Company, a corporation, was plaintiff, and appellants, Texas Railroad Commission, its individual members and its employees, all the Texas sheriffs and their deputies, the Texas Rangers, and others, were defendants. We take the following summary of appellee’s petition from appellant’s brief:

“ ‘The Appellee alleged in its petition that it was a corporation to carry on the business of Texas Farm Products Com pany, which is a…