Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Co. v. Strother

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is a venue case involving Subdivision 7, Article 1995, Vernon’s Annotated Texas Civil Statutes. Parties will be referred to as in the Trial Court. Plaintiff, D. K. Strother, a resident of Limestone County, instituted this suit in Limestone County, to set aside a settlement of a claim for workmen’s compensation made with his employer’s compensation carrier, Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company. Defendant filed a plea of privilege to be sued in Dallas County. Plaintiff controverted, invoking the exception of Sect. 7, Article 1995 V.A.T.S., on the ground that…