Miller & Miller Motor Freight Lines v. Hunt

MARTIN, Justice.

Appellee, Mrs. Christeen Hunt, sued appellant, Miller & Miller Motor Freight Lines, a partnership, in Dickens County, Texas, and alleged in her petition that the appellant’s agent so negligently operated a company truck as to cause the death of Margaret Ann Hunt, a minor child of ap-pellee, in Dickens County, Texas. Appellant filed a plea of privilege to be sued in Wichita County, Texas, the county of its residence. Appellee controverted this plea and sought to hold venue in Dickens County under Exception 9 of Article 1995; Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes. The trial court…