Harvey v. Bain

RICE, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order overruling a plea of privilege. Suit was brought in the District Court of Leon County, Texas, by R. N. Bain, for himself and fifty-nine other persons, to recover of defendant J. H. Harvey the sum of $8,-349.43, on the theory that defendant had promised in writing to pay plaintiff and the others for whose benefit the suit was brought, through the Centerville State Bank of Centerville, Texas, one dollar per acre .for oil leases executed by said parties covering tracts of land owned by said parties, respectively, aggregating 8,349.45 acres of…