Williams v. Blalack

POPE, Justice.

This appeal is a venue action and concerns Sections 5 and 14, Article 1995, Vernon’s Tex.Civ.Stats. Plaintiff filed suit in Calhoun County and the trial court sustained a plea of privilege to move the case to Gregg County.

Plaintiff, J. O. Williams, filed a petition in three counts. The first count asserts the breach of a written contract between plaintiff and defendant, Joe Blalack. Those two parties entered into a written agreement on January 6, 1960, by which Williams agreed to transfer certain oil and gas leases to Blalack. The leases covered mineral interests in Calhoun…