American Universal Investment Co. v. Hacker

OPINION

BISSETT, Justice.

This is a venue case. American Universal Investment Company and Burl Swafford, defendants in the trial court, have duly and timely appealed from an order of the District Court of Live Oak County, Texas, sitting without a jury, which overruled their pleas of privilege to be sued in Dallas County, Texas, where they resided. George *655Hacker, plaintiff in the trial court, controverted the pleas of privilege and asserted that venue was properly maintainable in Live Oak County, Texas, under the provisions of Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann., Article 1995, Subdivision 14. The parties will…