Locke & Fontaine, Inc. v. Brenneman

OPINION

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is a venue case involving Subdivision 9a, Article 1995, Vernon’s Ann.Tex. Civ.St. Plaintiffs Joan Brenneman and husband sued defendants Miles Locke, and Locke & Fontaine, Inc., in Freestone County, alleging plaintiff the sole surviving heir at law of Joseph W. Wilson; that Wilson was killed in an automobile collision on February 12, 1969 in Freestone County 6 miles east of Mexia on U.S. Highway 84; that defendant Miles Locke an employee of Locke & Fontaine, Inc., operating the automobile of Locke & Fon-taine, Inc., within the scope of his employment, drove…