Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector v. Reed

HUGHES, Justice.

This appeal is from an order overruling a plea of privilege filed by appellant, Carl S. Smith, Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector.

John C. Reed and others, appellees, filed their petition in the court below complaining of appellant, The Texas Highway Department, the State Engineer, and the State Highway Commission.

Numerous parties were permitted to intervene and they are properly aligned with appellees.

The nature of the suit, as shown by ap-pellees’ original petition is as follows:

Appellees are dealers in automobiles; that is they purchase new and used cars for resale.

In 1947…