Lone Star Gas Company v. Martin Linen Supply Co.

COLLINGS, Justice.

This is a plea of privilege case. Martin Linen Supply Company brought suit against Lone Star Gas Company, a Texas •corporation, seeking to recover damages alleged to have been sustained to plaintiff’s property in Taylor County because of negligence on the part of the defendant. Lone Star Gas Company filed a plea of privilege to be sued in Dallas County, Texas, asserting under oath that Dallas County was the place of its residence and that no exception to exclusive venue in the county of its residence existed. Martin Linen Supply Company timely filed a controverting affidavit…