Long v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.

The question common to all the above causes is whether or not an appeal lay to the Court of Civil Appeals from an order sustaining a motion for change of venue predicated upon the provisions of Rule 257 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. 1 The Court of Civil Appeals held in Long v. Humble Oil and Refining Co., 377 S.W.2d 844, that the order was interlocutory and non-appealable. By appropriate orders the decision in the Long case was made applicable to the other causes set forth in the-caption to this opinion.

The decision of the Court of Civil Appeals is contrary to that of the Amarillo…