Loop Cold Storage Co. v. South Texas Packers, Inc.

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is a venue case. The judgment of the trial court overruled the various pleas of privilege filed by the several defendants. South Texas Packers, Inc. (plaintiff) brought suit against Alford Refrigerated Warehouses, Inc. (hereafter called Alford) and Frozen Food Express, Inc. (hereafter called Express) in Nueces County for damages to a shipment of meat. Several months later plaintiff filed its first amended original petition in which plaintiff brought in Loop Cold Storage Company (hereafter called Loop) as an additional defendant along with Alford and Express.…