Thompson v. Trentham

Appeal from the order of the district court of Dallas county sustaining pleas of privilege of appellees, defendants below, to be sued in Ellis county, where four of them resided. Only one defendant resided in Dallas county. Appellant duly filed his controverting plea to their pleas of privilege, which was set down for hearing. On the hearing thereon the only evidence introduced related entirely to the places of residence of the respective defendants.

It is now well settled that, when a plea of privilege is filed, it is incumbent upon the plaintiff in his controverting plea both to allege and…