Strain v. Martin

FUNDERBURK, Justice.

Ernest E. Martin, hereinafter referred 'to as Plaintiff, having brought this suit in Knox County against C. Hunter Strain, ■a resident of Tom Green County, hereinafter referred to as Defendant, to recover damages alleged to have resulted from the negligence of Lee Schaeffer, plaintiff filed a controverting plea tendering issues designed to sustain the venue on the ground that the suit was one based upon a trespass committed in Knox County..

Upon the hearing the Court overruled the plea of privilege, to revise which action the Defendant has appealed. Defendant predicates his…