Legal Opinion
Houston Pilots v. Goodwin
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 6, 1944No. 11583PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CODY, Justice.
This is a plea of privilege case, embracing the appeals of twenty-two defendants from an order of the District Court of Galveston County overruling their several pleas to be sued in Harris County, as the place of their residence. There are also defendants in the case who reside in Galveston County but who, of course, are not parties to the contest over venue, so are not parties to this appeal.
The Galveston-Texas City pilots (hereafter called Galveston pilots) and the Houston pilots maintain at all times the weather permits a pilot boat on the Galveston Bar. On the merits this…
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