Lancaster & Love, Inc. v. Mueller Co.

YOUNG, Justice.

Appellant’s tort action in trial court was twofold — for malicious prosecution and “meddlesome interference”; defendants (The Mueller Company, an Illinois corporation with Texas office in Harris County, United States Pipe & Foundry Company, a foreign corporation having an office in Dallas County, and Ellis, Smith & Company, a copartnership, also of Dallas County) invoking provisions of Rule 166-A, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure (Summary Judgment). Upon hearing of motions, same were sustained with judgment that plaintiff take nothing, followed by this appeal.

Plaintiff’s trial…