South Builders, Inc. v. Brown

WALTER, Justice.

Edwin L. Brown, Lonnie E. Williams and W. A. Peavy filed suit against South Builders, Inc., a corporation, in Haskell County for breach of a contract which was to be performed in Haskell County. South Builders filed a plea of privilege. Appellees filed a controverting plea asserting venue in Haskell County under that portion of Subdivision 23 of Article 1995, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St, which provides that suits against a private corporation may be brought in the county in which the cause of action or a part thereof arose. The court overruled the plea of privilege and the defendant…