Harwood v. Hunt

KEITH, Justice.

Defendant appeals from an order overruling his plea of privilege to be sued in Fort Bend County and we will refer to the parties as they appeared in the trial court. Plaintiff is a lawyer maintaining his office in Harris County. On May 31, 1967, defendant signed a letter addressed to plaintiff, the material portions of which read as follows:

Re: Trinity River Authority of Texas vs. Robert S. Parks, et al

Condemnation Proceedings'— San Jacinto County, Texas Tract: C-9

“We, the undersigned, hereby fully authorize you to represent our interest with regards to the above captioned…