Carter v. Suniland Furniture Co.

DIES, Chief Justice.

In November 1978, plaintiff below, William M. Carter, Jr., and appellant here, filed suit against Suniland Furniture Company, defendant below, and appellee here, predicated upon a violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act, Tex.Bus. & Com.Code Ann. § 17.50 (Vernon Supp.1980). The suit was filed in Jefferson County;- appellee filed its plea of privilege to change venue to Harris County, which was sustained by the trial court, and plaintiff brings this appeal.

Appellant’s suit stems from the purchase at appellee’s store in Houston of a clock,…