Houston Chronicle Publishing Co. v. Flowers

STEPHENSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from orders overruling defendant’s pleas of privilege and denying defendant’s motions to sustain its pleas of privilege on the grounds that plaintiff had waived his controverting plea by abandonment. The parties will be referred to here as they were in the trial court.

Defendant’s first point is that plaintiff waived any venue rights he had by failure to request and obtain a prompt hearing on his controverting plea. The record shows: The original petition was filed October 4, 1962. Defendant filed pleas of privilege October 19, 1962. Plaintiff filed a…