Furr's, Inc. v. Behringer

WALTER, Justice.

This is a venue case. A. A. Behringer, Sr., for and on behalf of his wife, Euna Behringer, filed suit against Furr’s, Inc., for damages for injuries sustained by his wife when she slipped and fell as a result of green peas and pea hulls having accumulated on the floor of the store. Suit was filed in Scurry County where said Furr’s store is located. Furr’s filed a plea of privilege to be sued in Lubbock County, the county of its domicile. Behringer controverted said plea and alleged facts sufficient to invoke exceptions 9, 9a and 23 of Article 1995 of Vernon’s Annotated Civil…