Powers v. Harrington

FANNING, Justice.

This is an appeal by W. S. Powers from an order overruling his plea of privilege. Mary Sue Harrington and Nancy Kay Harrington, residents of Gregg County, Texas, sued W. S. Powers, a resident of Harris County, Texas, together with North American Union Life Insurance Company, a corporation, and Texas Western Securities, Inc., a corporation, which defendant corporations also filed pleas of privilege to be sued in Tom Green County, Texas. Plaintiffs allege that Powers, acting for his own benefit and as agent for the defendant corporations, had by certain fraudulent…