Bruner v. Hidalgo County Water Control & Improvement District No. Six

BARROW, Justice.

This is an appeal by Arnold H. Bruner & Company from an order overruling its plea of privilege in a suit filed by Hidalgo County Water Control & Improvement District No: 6, to recover damages for breach of a drilling covenant contained in a written lease agreement. The primary question presented is whether the defendant must actually sign the written contract in order for plaintiff to maintain venue under Subd. 5, Art. 1995, Vernon’s Ann. Civ.Stats.

The plea was heard without a jury and no findings of fact or conclusions of law were filed by the trial court. Therefore, it is…