Bay City Iron Works v. Reeves & Co.

FLY, Associate Justice.

Appellant sued appellee to recover commissions on the sales of machinery and rent for a warehouse and it was alleged that appellant was a private corporation chartered under the laws of Texas and that appellee was a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Indiana; that appellee had an agent in Texas residing at Dallas, Texas, and an agent who was temporarily in Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas. The suit was alleged to be based on a contract in writing by the terms of which appellant. was to handle certain machinery in Matagorda County, and was to…