State Department of Highways & Public Transportation v. Herman

HUTCHINSON, Justice.

This is a venue case. Appellant, State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, appeals from an order of the District Court of Franklin County overruling its plea of privilege to be sued in Travis County, Texas. Appellees’ controverting plea was based upon Subdivisions 9a and 14 of Article 1995, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann.

*444Appellees each own real estate in Franklin County adjacent to Sulphur River and west of State Highway 37. In the fall of 1971, appellant commenced the construction of a new bridge at the Sulphur River crossing of State Highway 37 and completed it in…