Deason v. Rogers

OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

This is a venue case. Lillian Foreman Rogers and Otho Childress filed suit in the district court in Aransas County, Texas, against William Howard Deason seeking to establish their rights under a will executed jointly March 15, 1943, by B. F. Deason and Ida Marie Deason, both deceased. Defendant filed a plea of privilege to be sued in San Patricio County, the county of his residence. Plaintiffs sought to maintain venue in Aransas County under Subdivisions 6, 11 and 18, art. 1995, Vernons Ann.Civ.St. (1964).

The only evidence at the hearing was documentary in nature. After…