Energy Reserves Group, Inc. v. Tarina Oil Co.

I respectfully dissent.

*174The established general rule of venue provides that a defendant is entitled to be sued in his county of residence unless it clearly appears that one exception set forth in TEX.REY.CIY.STAT.ANN. art. 1995 applies. See Goodrich v. Superior Oil Co., 150 Tex. 159, 237 S.W.2d 969, 972 (1951). In the instant case the evidence favorable to the implied findings and the judgment clearly established that appellant and appellee entered into a written contract whereby ap-pellee was to perform labor and services on appellant’s oil and gas well located in La Salle County. It is…