Griggs Canning Co. v. Josey

NORVELL, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order overruling a plea of privilege. Appellee, Norman Josey, brought this suit aga'inst F. E. Griggs, D. F. Stoy and R. E. Brubeck, appellants, who were the partners comprising the firm of Griggs Canning Company and residents of Medina County, Texas. Jesus V. Ocon, a retail merchant of Bexar County, Texas, was also named as a party defendant. The appellee alleged that he had' purchased a can of spinach containing foreign matter from the retail merchant Ocon, which had been packed by appellants. Among other grounds of liability, Josey pleaded that…