Leonard v. Abbott

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

This is a venue case. The trial court denied a plea of privilege. The judgment is affirmed.

G. R. Abbott and eighty other parties as plaintiffs instituted a lawsuit in a District Court of Lamar County naming O. P. Leonard, Trustee, and eight others, including Claude Hall and Hall’s Aero Spraying, Inc., as defendants. All defendants were residents of Tarrant County except Hall, a resident of the State of Arkansas, and Hall’s Aero Spraying Inc;, an Arkansas corporation, not authorized to do business in the State of Texas. Unless the context otherwise requires, reference…