Pepsi-Cola Company v. Spangler

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

This is a venue case. The trial court denied a plea of privilege and such order is reversed and the case remanded.

Together with her husband, Judy Spang-ler filed suit in a District Court of Bowie County, Texas, against the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company and The Pepsi-Cola Company, alleging both were foreign corporations with permits to do business in the State of Texas. A common law negligence action to secure damages for personal injuries was plead. The implication of the trial court order is that venue of the suit in Bowie County is authorized by Subdivisions 3,…