Holladay v. Perez De Rios

MURRAY, Justice.

This is a venue case arising out of a highway intersectional collision in Frio County, Texas. Appellees, Guadalupe Perez De Rios, surviving widow of Jose Elezar Rios, and her children, and Alta Verde Industries, Inc., sued appellants, Adolfo Es-parza, Gilbert Holladay, and Holladay Trucks, Inc. Appellants filed a plea of privilege to be sued in Dawson County, the county of their residence. After a trial before the court without a jury, the plea was overruled.

Appellees allege that there was a collision between two tractor-trailer trucks, resulting in the death of Jose De Rios…