Stevens v. Southern Ice & Utilities Co.

The appeal is from an order overruling appellant’s plea asserting a right he claimed tó be sued in Morris county, where he resided, instead of in Dallas county, where appellee commenced and was prosecuting the suit. For the purpose of the appeal the parties agreed that the facts of the case were as follows: July 7, 1928, appellant shipped to ap-pellee (a corporation), by rail from Morris county, 258 sacks of potatoes for storage by appelleé in its warehouse in Dallas, and July 11, 1928, shipped to it 174 sacks of potatoes for a like purpose. The freight charges on the shipments, amounting in…