Southern Insurance Company v. Rogers

BARROW, Justice.

This is a venue case. The parties will be designated as in the trial court. Plaintiff, John F. Rogers, filed suit on December 5, 1959, against defendants, Southern In-: surance Company and Allied Finance Company. On December 31, 1959, and prior to the return day, defendants filed their pleas of privilege and served copies of such pleas on counsel for plaintiff. No controverting pleas were filed within the ten-day period following December 31, 1959. On January 23, 1960, plaintiff filed controverting pleas, but did not present them to the court for notation of a setting thereon.…