South Plains Telephone Cooperative, Inc. v. Painter

PITTS, Chief Justice.

This is a venue action arising as a result of a suit filed seeking a mandatory injunction or damages in the alternative. It was filed by W. A. Painter and 22 other residents, of Hale County, Texas, as ap-pellees herein, against appellant South Plains Telephone Cooperative, a corporation, with its office and principal place of business.- in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas. The action was heard by the trial court without a jury on March 31,' 1954, and judgment was rendered on May 3, 1954, overruling appellant’s plea of privilege seeking to have the main suit transferred to…