Legal Opinion
H. E. Butt Grocery Co. v. Dorn
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 11, 1973No. 15166PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
KLINGEMAN, Justice.
A venue case. Plaintiff, Sulura Dorn, sued H. E. Butt Grocery Company to recover damages for injuries allegedly sustained by her due to certain acts of negligence of defendant while she was a customer in one of defendant’s stores in Bexar County on April 9, 1971. Defendant timely filed its plea of privilege to be sued in Nueces County, Texas, where it has its residence and principal place of business. Plaintiff controverted such plea relying on Subdivisions 9a and 231 of Article 1995, Vernon’s Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. The trial court, without a jury, after hearing the…
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