Matador Pipelines, Inc. v. Thomas

MURPHY, Justice.

This is a venue case involving a suit to quiet title, for recovery of land, and for damages to land under Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 1995 § 14 (Vernon 1964). At issue are the propriety of reopening the evidence under Tex.R.Civ.P. 270, deadlines for filing controverting affidavits to pleas of privi*947lege under Tex.R.Civ.P. 5(b) and 86, and sufficiency of venue facts contained in the controverting affidavit. We affirm the trial court’s interlocutory order overruling Appellant’s Plea of Privilege.

William P. Thomas, Sr., et al. (Appellees) reside in Grimes County and own several…