Houston Pipeline Co. v. Ybanez

PHILLIPS, Justice.

This case is before us on a plea of privilege arising out of a suit for damages wherein the appellees and plaintiffs below, Martha Ybanez, joined by her husband, brought suit against the Houston Pipeline Company, Houston Natural Gas Corporation and a contractor Sheppard-Geiger Construction Company, appellants in this court, alleging a personal injury sustained by Mrs. Ybanez when she fell on a right-of-way easement owned by appellant Houston Pipeline Company in Live Oak County.

Sheppard-Geiger Construction Company had constructed a pipeline on the easement and had completed…