Flintex Oil Co. v. Guillory

GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

Roy Guillory sued Flintex Oil Company in Harris County for damages resulting from a collision between his automobile and the defendant’s truck. The accident happened in Harris County. Flintex Oil Company was a resident of Colorado County. It filed a plea of privilege to be sued there. Its plea was overruled and it has appealed.

It was agreed that the defendant’s residence was in Colorado County; that the driver of defendant’s truck was an employee of defendant acting within the course of his employment at the time of the accident. The only venue issues in controversy…