Deaton & Son, Inc. v. Miller Well Servicing Co.

PITTS, Chief Justice.

This is a suit in which the question of venue was heard together with the merits of the case. Appellee, Miller Well Servicing Company, owned and operated by Ray Miller, sued appellant, Deaton and Son, Incorporated, for damages in the sum of $714, alleging the destruction by appellant of appellee’s sand line or swab line which had been laid along the side of a public road right of way and was being used in servicing wells in an oil field. Appellant filed its plea of privilege to be sued in Ector County, Texas, where it resided and had its principal place of business. The…