Scanlan v. State

McClendon, chief justice.

Appeal from an interlocutory order overruling pleas of privilege seeking to change the venue from Travis to Fort Bend County, where defendants resided.

The suit was by the State; brought under Arts. 7076 and 7076a, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St., to recover inheritance taxes. The order overruling the plea recited that the trial judge was “of the opinion that the questions herein presented are controlled by the opinion of the court in Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. State, Tex.Civ.App., reported in 190 S.W.2d 581, 583.” We are in full accord with this holding. It should be noted that…