Burlington-Rock Island R. v. Garlitz

O’QUINN, Justice.

This suit was filed in the district court of Montgomery County, Texas, November 10, 1939, by Charles F. Garlitz and his wife, Inez Garlitz, against the Burlington-Rock Island Railroad Company, seeking to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by Mrs. Garlitz on or about August 13, 1938, as a result of a fall she sustained when going into the dinette of one of defendant’s passenger trains.

The defendant filed its plea of privilege seeking to have the cause transferred' to Harris County, Texas, the county of its domicile. This was controverted by…