Dempsey-Tegeler & Co. v. Flowers

KEITH, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider two orders of the District Court overruling the pleas of *210privilege filed by Dempsey-Tegeler & Co., Inc., a corporation, to be sued in Harris County. In separate suits, Flowers and Carrell sought to recover the sums of money which each had paid for shares of stock in Devilliers Nuclear Corporation. Two individuals, both residents of Lubbock County, where the suit was pending, were joined as parties defendant and answered generally. Dempsey-Tegeler’s pleas of privilege having been overruled, it appeals and we have consolidated the two cases for the…