King v. Loessin

COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order overruling a plea of privilege. The question is whether the action of a purported agent is chargeable to the defendant where the purported agent is the employee of a corporation who was employed to do investigative work for the defendant. The plaintiff asserts that a trespass was committed in the county of suit which authorized venue in that county under Subdivision 9 of Article 1995, VATS. The judgment will be affirmed.

Deicer King, appellant, contracted with Smith Protective Services, Inc. to investigate a number of his competitors in…