Buddies Super Markets, Inc. v. Metcalf

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

Appellees brought a suit for negligence against appellant in the district court of McCulloch County. In response thereto, appellant filed its plea of privilege maintaining that venue lay in Tarrant County, the residence of the appellant. On hearing, the court denied the plea. We reverse this judgment and order the suit transferred to Tarrant County.

Appellant urges the error of the trial court in overruling its plea of privilege inasmuch as appellees did not file any controverting plea within the ten-day period provided by Rule 86, Tex.Rules of Civil Procedure. We…