Ruwaldt v. Mohawk Drilling Co.

GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

Mohawk Drilling Company sued E. J. Ruwaldt, a resident of Tom Green County, in Coleman County for debt and foreclosure of-an asserted original contractor’s materialman’s and laborer’s lien on an oil and gas lease owned by Ruwaldt in Coleman County, and for damage for loss of profits that (it alleged) it would have made if Mohawk had been permitted to complete drilling a well according to its alleged contract with Ruwaldt. Ruwaldt filed a plea of privilege asserting a right to be sued in Tom Green County. Mohawk filed a controverting affidavit, claiming venue in .Coleman…