Pipeline Services, Inc. v. Hilltop Drilling & Production, Inc.

OPINION

JORDAN, Justice.

This is a venue case. Appellee, Hilltop Drilling & Production, Inc., brought suit against appellant, Pipeline Services, Inc., for $93,193.09, a sum it alleged was due under a written contract signed by authorized representatives of both parties. Pipeline filed a plea of privilege which alleged that suit could not be maintained against it in Hood County, the county in which suit was brought, and that Gray County, Pipeline’s principal place of business and residence, was the appropriate situs. Pipeline’s plea of privilege was overruled and Hilltop’s controverting plea…