Langdeau v. Burke Investment Co.

POPE, Justice.

These are venue suits. Plaintiffs filed three actions against C. H. Langdeau, Receiver of Franklin American Insurance Company, for the recovery of lands and damages, and to remove incumbrances upon the titles to the lands. Art. 1995(14), Vernon’s Tex.Civ.Stats. The Receiver filed pleas of privilege to be sued in Travis County, the venue of pending delinquency proceedings, and relied upon Sections 4(f) and 16, Article 21.28, Insurance Code, V.A. T.S.1 The trial court overruled the pleas of privilege and held that Section 14, Article 1995, was a mandatory venue statute which…