Pilgrim Industries, Inc. v. Jones

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

This is a venue case. At Cason, Morris County, Texas, in early January, 1971, a Corvair automobile driven by Dan Hicks collided with a Pilgrim Industries, Inc., truck driven by Roy Truman Wallace. Walter Allen Jones, an eighteen year old *862high school student, was riding as a passenger in the Corvair and allegedly received “extensive and disabling” injuries. Jones, as plaintiff, instituted a common law negligence action in the District Court of Morris County to recover $74,120.00 damages, costs, etc. from Pilgrim Industries, Inc., and Wallace, the defendants in the suit.…