Texas Western Securities, Inc. v. Harrington

FANNING, Justice.

This is an appeal by Texas Western Securities, Inc., a corporation, from an order overruling its plea of privilege.

Mary Sue Harrington and Nancy Kay Harrington, residents of Gregg County, Texas, sued W. S. Powers (who filed a plea of privilege to be sued in Harris County, Texas), together with North American Union Life Insurance Company, a corporation, and Texas Western Securities, Inc., a corporation, which defendant corporations filed pleas of privilege to be sued in Tom Green County, Texas. Plaintiffs alleged that Powers, acting for his own benefit and as agent for the…