Lee Towing Co. v. Industrial Casting Co.

KEITH, Justice.

Plaintiff below appeals from an order sustaining a plea of privilege and transferring the cause from Jefferson County to Harris County. Suit was brought under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act, Tex.Bus. & Comm.Code Ann. § 17.41, et seq. (Supp.1979) (hereinafter “DTPA”), to recover damages under such Act.

Suit was filed on March 9, 1979, and the order sustaining the plea of privilege was signed on June 22,1979. At the time of the filing of the suit, DTPA § 17.56 read as follows:

“An action brought which alleges a claim to relief under Section 17.50 of this…