Jacobson v. Berwick

This is an appeal from an order overruling appellant's plea of privilege to be sued in Galveston county, the county of his residence. Appellee sued appellant in the district court of Jefferson county, alleging that appellant resided in Galveston county, Tex., to recover damages for personal injuries claimed to have been sustained by appellee resulting from the alleged wrongful and negligent acts of appellant, amounting in law to trespass.

Appellee alleged that appellant was a contractor engaged in filling in and building up what is known as Kirby Island in the Neches river near the city of…