Fields v. Ford

SELLERS, Justice.

This is a Plea of Privilege case wherein the Appellee, John Ford, seeks to sustain venue in Panola County under Section 9a, Article 1995, R.C.S., Texas: This section authorizes suits to be maintained in the county where an injury occurred as a result of negligence proximately causing the injury.

The hearing of the Plea of Privilege was before the court without a jury and resulted in a judgment overruling the Plea of Privilege, from which ruling the appellant, Tex-Mex Drilling Company, has duly prosecuted this appeal.

The undisputed facts are that-Tex-Mex Drilling Company, as…