Fort Worth Warehouse & Storage Co. v. Maddocks

HICKMAN. C. J.

The appeal is from an order overruling appellant’s plea of privilege to be sued in Tar-rant county, the county of "its residence. Among the grounds upon which the controverting plea sought to sustain venue in East-land county was the following: _

“Because this defendant, Ft. Worth Warehouse & Storage Company, is a private corporation, and has an agency or representative in Eastland County, Texas, where plaintiffs’ cause of action arose and in which, this suit was filed and is now pending.”

This was one of the grounds sustained by the trial court. Since we are of opinion that this…