Eubanks v. Hopkins

LUMPKIN, Justice.

This appeal is from an order of the trial court overruling appellants’ pleas of privilege to be sued in Van Zandt County, Texas, the county of their residence, instead of Kaufman County, Texas, where, appellee contends, venue was fixed by Article 1995, Subdivision 9, Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes.

The case was filed in the District Court of Kaufman County for damages arising out of a collision between an ambulance owned by appellants, Lee Eubanks, Lucia M. McDonald and Wayne Dawson, a partnership, and a station wagon owned and operated by appellee, George C. Hopkins. At…