Rorschach v. Pitts

These two companion proceedings of original mandamus to require certification of law questions by the Amarillo Court of Civil Appeals arise from the holdings of that court and the district court in corresponding suits in Hutchinson County, maintaining venue in the latter as against the plea of the relator-defendant, Rorschach, to be sued in Bexar County, where he resides. See Rorschach v. Polo Oil Co., 245 S.W. 2d 1019. Both suits were for money damages due primarily to failure of the relator-defendant to take and pay for casinghead gas as required of him by written contract of purchase and…