HE Butt Grocery Company v. Keeble

OPINION

NYE, Justice.

This is a venue case. Plaintiff Gloria Jean Keeble filed suit against H. E. Butt Grocery Company and one of its employees, Milton Bain. From an order overruling defendant Grocery Company’s plea to be sued in Nueces County, the county of its residence, it has perfected its appeal to this Court. Subdivisions 4, 9 and 29a of Art. 1995, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St., are involved.

Plaintiff’s petition alleged, that her suit was based upon a crime, offense, or trespass committed by the defendant or its agent or representative in Victoria County, Texas, by falsely imprisoning the…