Duncan v. Van-Tex Royalty Co.

This appeal is prosecuted by J. L. Duncan from an interlocutory order of the district court of Ellis county overruling his plea of privilege.

This suit was instituted by Van-Tex Royalty Company, suing as an unincorporated joint-stock association, T. J. Dorsett, suing as sole trustee thereof ahd also in his individual capacity, and 140 others, suing in their respective individual capacities as purchasers and holders of interests or shares in said Royalty Company, against J. B. Miller, Clay Hight, J. L. Duncan, and W. B. Harrell, all of whom were alleged to reside in counties other than Ellis,…