M. W. Fruit Co. v. Bierbauer

NORVELL, Justice.

The appellee, Anton Bierbauer (plaintiff below), is engaged in the business of caring for citrus orchards in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. These orchards are generally owned by nonresidents of the locality, or by persons who do not have the necessary equipment to carry on cultivating, spraying and other processes necessary to mature a crop of citrus fruit. As a part of his duties as caretaker he also superintends the selling of the citrus crops when matured.

The appellant M. Weisfeld does business as the M. W. Fruit Company and is engaged in the buying and selling of…