Mustang Tractor & Equipment Co. of Houston v. Flowers

DIES, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff below, Robert L. Flowers, sued Mustang Tractor & Equipment Company, defendant below, in Hardin County. Defendant filed a plea of privilege to transfer the cause to its place of residence, Harris County. Plaintiff filed a controverting affidavit. The District Court sustained the *587plea of privilege but directed the cause be transferred to Jefferson County. From this order defendant brings this appeal.

Plaintiff, of course, had the burden of establishing venue in Hardin County. Donley County State Bank, Clarendon v. Stockstill, 380 S.W.2d 887 (Tex.Civ.App.—Amarillo…