M. C. Winters, Inc. v. Lawless

CLAUDE WILLIAMS, Justice.

Appeal from an order overruling a plea of privilege. Jack W. Lawless and wife, Laura E. Lawless, brought this action on October 6, 1965 in a district court of Dallas County, Texas against M. C. Winters, Inc., a Texas corporation, and Bob Helm, of Dallas County, Texas, alleging that defendants had committed a trespass upon lands in Dallas County owned by them and seeking damages in the sum of $58,350. On October 19, 1965 M. C. Winters, Inc. filed its plea of privilege to be sued in Blanco County, Texas. Both defendants then filed original answers, subject to the plea…