Santos Oil Co. v. Lerma

CADENA, Justice.

Santos Oil Company, a Texas corporation, and Jose Vasquez, defendants below, appeal from an order of the District Court of Duval County overruling their plea of privilege to be sued in Webb County, their domiciliary county.

Plaintiffs, Mrs. Antonia Lerma, Olivia Rosas, individually and as next friend of her minor daughter, Dolores Rosas, and Lydia S. Garza, seek to recover for personal injuries resulting from the negligence of defendant Jose Vasquez, agent and employee of Santos Oil Company. Since the alleged act of negligence is asserted to have occurred in Duval County,…