Mobil Oil Corporation v. Smith

HALL, Justice.

This is a venue case. The plaintiff-ap-pellee, Roger Smith, filed this action in McLennan County, the county of his residence, on October 19, 1971, against Dale Coker and the appellant, Mobil Oil Corporation, for personal injury damages. Plaintiff alleged that on December 28, 1969, he was injured when he tripped on a gasoline pump hose and fell to the ground at a service station located in Burnet County; that Mobil, a foreign corporation, and Coker, operated the station at the time of his injury; and that his fall was proximately caused by the negligence of Mobil and Coker and…