Brown v. Latch

FANNING, Justice.

A venue case. Appellant, McRoy Brown, a resident of Titus County, Texas, sued appellees, Josie Rose Latch and husband Joe Latch, in the District Court of Harrison County, Texas. Appellees filed a plea of privilege seeking transfer of the cause to the county of their residence, Upshur County, Texas.

Appellant’s controverting plea sought to maintain venue in Harrison County, Texas, the place of the car-truck collision in question, under Subd. 9a of art. 1995, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.R.Civ.Stat.

The only witness who testified was plaintiff-appellant McRoy Brown. He was cross-examined by…