H. E. Butt Grocery Co. v. Neely Ex Rel. Neely

BARROW, Chief Justice.

A venue action. Appellee, John Nelson Neely, a minor, suing by his father as next friend, brought this suit against appellant, H. E. Butt Grocery Company, hereinafter referred to as HEB, and Texas Industrial Surveys, hereinafter referred to as TIS, to recover damages for false imprisonment and slander. After a non-jury hearing, the trial court overruled the plea of privilege of HEB, a resident of Nueces County.

On October 14, 1966, appellee, then fifteen years of age, went to a grocery store operated by HEB, at 1601 Nogalitos Street, San Antonio, Texas, to purchase some…