North Texas Gin Co. v. Thomas

W. L. Thomas, appellee, sued the North Texas Gin Company, the Dallas Oil & Refining Company, both corporations, and Ira Allen for. actual and exemplary damages, alleging, in substance, that for many years he had been engaged in the business of buying cotton and cotton seed in the town of Hutchins, Dallas county, Tex.; that in the pursuit of said business he came into competition with appellants, and each of them, who were engaged, either directly or through their agents and representatives, in the same business at Hutchins; that appellants were the only persons who would derive benefit of…