Cemco, Inc. v. World Wide Investors

OPINION

JAMES, Justice.

This is a venue matter, the disposition of which turns on Subdivision 4 of Article 1995, Vernon’s Annotated Texas Civ. Statutes. Plaintiff-Appellant Cemco, Inc., brought this action in Dallas County against 26 individual Defendants 1 alleged to be partners or joint venturers, in which 17 of the Defendants filed Pleas of Privilege, all of which were duly controverted by Plaintiff-Appellant Cemco. The trial court after an extensive hearing sustained the pleas of privilege of 12 of the Defendants, and held in abeyance the pleas of privilege of the remaining 5 Defendants.…