De Marcy v. Keystone Exploration Co.

TATE, Judge.

The plaintiff appeals from the dismissal of this suit against a Texas partnership. The trial court sustained exceptions to the jurisdiction ratione personae and to the citation and service of process.

The plaintiff alleges that his home in Vermilion Parish was damaged on December 9, 1959 through geophysical operations carried on by the defendant (“Keystone”), a Texas partnership, all of whose partners are domiciled in Texas. The suit was filed in Lafayette Parish on November 22, 1960; the basis of this venue is the allegation that the defendant partnership maintained an office in…