Adams v. Whatley

HALL, Justice.

This appeal is from an order of a district court of Tarrant County, Texas, overruling appellant’s plea of privilege on the 6th day of April, 1948, in a case wherein appellee O. R. Whatley sued appellant H. H. Adams, a resident of Williamson County, Texas, and Jack Rhoten, of Tarrant County, Texas, alleging that he, Whatley, was the owner of 55 head of cattle and 'had engaged the defendant Rhoten as a carrier to transport such cattle to New Orleans, Louisiana; that said defendant Rhoten took the cattle into his possession at Fort Worth, Tarrant Count}', Texas for the purpose of…