Texas Land & Development Co. v. Myers

Appellee sued appellant, domiciled in Hale county, 'in the district court of Nueces county, joining a resident of the latter county as a defendant. Appellant filed its plea of privilege in due form, asserting that it was a resident of Hale county, and that the local defendant has been fraudulently impleaded in the suit for the purpose alone of conferring venue in Nueces county. Ap-pellee filed a controverting affidavit, as provided by statute, but thereafter, not content with following the procedure fixed by the statute, went further and filed a motion to overrule the plea of privilege, on…