Griffith v. Gohlman, Lester & Co.

We shall refer to defendants in error as plaintiffs and to plaintiff in error as defendant, that being their attitude in the court below.

Plaintiffs sued 'defendant in the district court of Harris county, and alleged that they resided in Harris county, and that defendant resided in Wilson county. For cause of action plaintiffs alleged that on September 4, 1913, and ever since said date, they were en gaged in the business of cotton commission merchants at Houston, Texas, receiving, handling, caring for, and selling cotton for a commission, and that in the course of said business they were…