Covington v. Eskridge

CADENA, Justice.

Appellant, Hayden C. Covington, plaintiff below, appeals from an order of the District Court of Wilson County sustaining the plea of privilege filed by defendants, Chauncey Eskridge and Muhammed Ali, a/k/a Cassius M. Clay, Jr., and transferring the cause to Harris County.

In their plea of privilege, defendants asserted that at no time relevant to the determination of venue were they residents of Wilson County, and that at all relevant times each defendant was a resident of the City of Chicago, Illinois. By an instrument designated as a “supplement” to the plea of privilege,…