Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Co. v. Strother

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is a venue case involving Subdivision 7, Article 1995 Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Civ. St., and is the second appeal of the case. See: 347 S.W.2d 957. Plaintiff Strother sued in Limestone County to set aside a settlement of a claim for workmen’s compensation made with his employer’s compensation carrier, Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company. Defendant filed a plea of privilege to be sued in Dallas County. Plaintiff controverted, invoking the exception of Sec. 7, Article 1995 V.A.T.S., on the ground that the insured procured the settlement by fraud committed in…