Lewis & Knight v. Florence
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Upshur County Court; D. Walker, Judge. Action by M. C. Florence against A. S. Lewis and another, as partners under the firm name of Lewis & Knight. From an order overrating defendants’ plea of privilege to be sued in another county, they appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWillson, C. J.
• A. S. Lewis and J. j. Knight,, as partners under the firm name of Lewis & Knight, were in business as grain merchants in Dallas county. Florence was a general merchant in Upshur county. Lewis & Knight sold Florence a car of com, shipping same to him from Parmer county to Upshur county. Claiming that he was induced to buy the corn by representations Lewis & Knight made to him that it was good, sound com, and alleging that the corn, instead, was unsound, Florence sued Lewis & Knight in the county court of Upshur county for $215.-18, the amount, he alleged, of .the damages he had suffered.…
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