C. Hayman Construction Co. v. American Indemnity Co.

GUITTARD, Justice.

This appeal from an order sustaining pleas of privilege turns on the question of whether the provisions of Tex.Ins.Code Ann. Art. 7.01, V.A.T.S., concerning venue of suits against private contractors, are unconstitutional because not germane to the subject expressed in the legislative title.

Plaintiffs C. Hayman Construction Company and London Construction Company are residents of Dallas County, where the suit was filed. All defendants are residents of other Texas counties. The petition alleges that plaintiffs were subcontractors on a construction job in Grayson County with…