Torrez v. Maryland Casualty Company

This is a plea of privilege case. The Court of Civil Appeals has held that Subdivision 27 of Article 1995, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Stats. is unconstitutional in that it denies to foreign corporations the equal protection of the law guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 359 S.W.2d 559. No- dissenting opinion was filed in the lower appellate court, consequently our jurisdiction depends entirely upon there being a conflict of decisions, that is, the application for writ of error must show that the Court of Civil Appeals has held differently from a prior…