Permian Basin Life Insurance Company v. Stuart

WERLEIN, Justice.

Appellant, a private corporation, appeals from an order of the trial court overruling its plea of privilege to be sued in Ector County, Texas, where its principal office is situated. Appellee in his amended controverting plea averred that venue is maintainable in Harris County under Subdivision 23 of Article 1995, Vernon’s Annotated Texas Statutes, which provides in part: “Suits against a private corporation, association, or joint stock company may be brought in the county in which its principal office is situated; or in the county in which the cause of action or part thereof…