Alvis v. Holbert
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Wichita County Court; Guy Rogers, Judge. Action by Pat Holbert and another against Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, and operating the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company and J. B. Alvis. From an order overruling the plea of defendant 3. B. Alvis to be sued in the county of his domicile, he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
CONNER, O. J.
[1] This suit was originally instituted in the county court of Wichita county against Walter D. Hines, Director General of the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company, for damages. Later, by an amendment, the appellant J. B. Alvis, was made a party defendant.
As the case was presented upon the trial, it was alleged that the plaintiffs, Holbert and Squires, had purchased from the defendant J. B. Alvis 29,620 pounds of watermelons of the reasonable value of $222.25, and 100 bushels of pears of the value of $65, all of the total value of $287.25. It was further alleged that the…
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