Canales v. Estate of Canales

OPINION

BUTTS, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order sustaining the pleas of privilege of six defendants, Gus T. Canales, Patricia Canales, Mary Grace Canales Hornsby, Charles Hornsby (her husband), Tomasita Canales, and Anne Fuller. Thirty-five plaintiffs sued twenty-five defendants for breach of an oil and gas agreement. Plaintiffs and defendants before this court all claim interests in lands inherited from common ancesters, Andres Canales and his wife, Tomasa Cavezos de Canales. By their pleadings and arguments plaintiffs contend venue must be maintained in Jim Hogg County because part of…