Fitts v. Calvert

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

This is a plea of privilege case. C. I. Fitts is the plaintiff in a suit for declaratory judgment filed in Tarrant County. Robert S. Calvert, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas, was made a party defendant to said suit, along with two of said Comptroller’s agents, Rickett and Ferguson. Also joined by Fitts as party defendant to his suit was Loy R. Wattenbarger, d/b/a M & W Oil Company, a resident of Tarrant County. A plea of privilege was filed in behalf of the Comptroller and his two agents, in which it was pointed out that the suit was, in fact,…