Gifford-Hill & Company v. Moore

DUNAGAN, Chief Justice.

This is a venue suit. The suit arises out of an automobile collision. Appellees brought suit against Gifford-Hill & Company, Inc., and Cody Mitchell Miller. The appellant, Gifford-Hill & Company, Inc., filed a plea of privilege to be sued in Dallas County, Texas, the county of its residence. Appellees filed their controverting plea and affidavit in reply to said plea of privilege and relied upon Subdivisions 9a, 27, and 29a of Article 1995, 1 Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Civ.St., to maintain venue in Houston County where the suit was instituted. The plea of privilege was heard by…