Butler & Bowman v. Holmes & McPherson

PLEASANTS, Associate Justice.

This suit originated in the Justice Court, the amount in controversy being $156.62 claimed by appellees, Holmes & McPherson, as the balance due of the purchase money for a carload of cotton seed sold by them to the appellants. In the Justice Court appellants attempted to make the Merchants and Planters Oil Company parties defendant, claiming that they purchased said seed as agent of said company. The citation issued from the Justice Court commanded the officer to whom same was addressed to summon T. W. House, president of the Merchants and Planters Oil Company,…