Gorbett Bros. Welding Co. v. Reynolds

HUGHES, Justice.

Appellants Cleon Gorbett and W. A. Gorbett, partners, doing business under the name Gorbett Brothers Welding Company, and Billy Jack Carpenter appeal from an order overruling their pleas of privilege to-be sued in Tarrant County, the county of their residence.

Appellee is Mattie Reynolds, the widow of George Reynolds who was killed in Grand Saline,- Texas, on September 17, 1951, in a collision between the passenger car he was driving and a truck owned by Gorbett Brothers and driven by their employee, Billy Jack Carpenter, while in the usual course of his employment. Appellee…