Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Trull

OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

In this venue appeal R. B. Trull and twenty-one other plaintiffs sued Atlantic Richfield Company for the recovery of underpaid royalties and for the forfeiture of underdeveloped oil properties. ARCO filed a plea of privilege to be sued in Dallas County. Based upon Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 1995, subd. 14 (1964), 1 the trial court overruled ARCO’s plea of privilege and ordered venue retained in Matagorda County. The defendant ARCO appeals. We affirm.

ARCO contended below and contends here that the Trulls pled their cause of action for forfeiture of oil properties in bad…